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What is Theme? Theme and Central Idea Identifying the Main Idea of Literary and Informational Texts What is Theme? Theme is the central idea, or insight, about life and human…

Elements of Fiction What are the ingredients of a great story? Objective: Students will recognize that figurative language enriches text. understand that word structure aids…