Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Themes in Literary Texts (English 6 Reading)
Learn how to infer the implicit theme in a work of fiction, distinguish theme from topic, and make complex inferences using textual evidence.
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Frontier Central School District: Determining the Theme of a Literary Work [Pdf]
Guidance and exercises for finding the theme of a literary work, including a list of commonly seen universal themes.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Theme: The Story's Meaning and Roots [Pdf]
A PDF worksheet that provides five important questions to help you analyze theme. RL.9-10.2 and 11-12 Analyzing Theme.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Analyzing a Story's Theme [Pdf]
A short set of questions designed to help students consider and analyze the element of theme within a piece of literature. RL.9-10.2 and RL. 11-12.2 Analyzing Theme.