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Theme and Topic

Why are theme and topic important? What do they add to things? How would things be different without them?

Class Definition So, what are theme and topic? Theme: Topic: underlying; more than one word; has to applicable to other works; lesson learned; broader; author’s message to reader easier to find; can be one word; part of a theme; main idea or gist; specific; subject

Guided Practice Romeo and Juliet The Wizard of Oz

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