Identifying Themes Sort the tiles according to whether or not they express a theme or not

achieving a goal

Love conquers all

Time heals all wounds

friendship

A girl runs a race

Theme:

• Love conquers all.

• Time heals all wounds

Not a Theme:

• Friendship  

• Achieving a goal

• A girl runs a race.

Explanation:

In a literary studies, a theme may be defined as a central thought or the main idea of the story or poem or the subject of the story. In other words, a theme is the main or an important message in the narrative. It is the main idea which recurs in the art or literature, etc.

In the context, "love conquers all" is a theme which describes and tells the readers that love is that one strong point or character that captures and conquers all and unites all. Similarly, " Time heals all wounds" is also a theme as it provides the main idea that with time, all bad things or harsh things are forgotten. Bad times disappears with time. thus we say that time heals all wounds.

Theme:

• Love conquers all.

• Time heals all wounds

Not a Theme:

• Friendship

• Achieving a goal

• A girl runs a race.

answer: c.   like someone who knows how to behave in public