I. Identify each statement as True or False.
A theme is a universal message in a story, poem, or text.
A theme is never just one word.
Themes use words like "people" to make the message universal.
Themes may sometimes use character names or describe plot.
Big ideas are the large problems that a story is about.
Authors often reveal theme through characterization, conflict and resolution, or literary devices.
Combining more than one big ideas often make a stronger, more complex theme statement.
To write an upside-down triangle introduction, you start with a general connection to the world, then introduce the stories and authors, and end with a thesis.
Conclusions use the same information as the introduction - world, text, thesis.
Introductions start very general and get more specific, but conclusions do the opposite.
What is the possible theme statement for this short story?