Skills Lesson: Theme

The mood in lines 22-24 of "To Marguerite—Continued" is the main key to the poem's theme. What is that theme?

A. We are destined to be isolated from each other and cannot change that condition.

What is a theme in this story? a. Age is just a number. b. The joys of youth are fleeting. c. Diamonds are a girl's best friend. d. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

B. The joys of youth are fleeting.

Which of the following choices best sums up the probable theme of the story?

B. Young people need someone to acknowledge that they have grown up.

A theme is best described as —

B. the central idea or insight about life revealed in a literary work

The theme of Espada's poem involves

B. the importance of place.

Which of the following statements about theme is false?

C. The theme of a work is the same as the subject.

Which of the following pairs of quotations probably gives the best clue to the story's theme?

D. "To his mind his new sense of maturity set him apart. . . ." / "He wanted someone to understand the feeling that had taken possession of him. . . ."

A story's theme —

D. offers some insight or idea about life

Theme is essentially a very short summary of the plot.

False.

Examining how the protagonist changes helps us understand theme.

True.