Which of these is a theme statement? the story had an impact on many readers. a group of friends achieves success in the city. hard work and perseverance pays off in the end. a woman and her children move to a new town.

Hard work and perseverance pays off in the end.

Explanation:

In literature, a theme is a message or life/universal lesson, often expressed in one single sentence, that a literature work conveys about a topic. And just as there are many topics in a single narrative, the are several themes. From all the choices, option "Hard work and perseverance pays off in the end." is an example of a theme because it's the only one that expresses a message that we may take as a piece of advice to apply to our own life or to other literature work.

not sure maybe the subject closer to it or subject-verb agreement