A 4-Step Plan for Finding Theme
- Read the story, and pay attention to the plot and story elements.
- Ask yourself “What do people learn from reading this story?” (That's the theme!)
- Turn the theme into a question.
- Answer the question. The answers are the supporting details! (Which leads to citing evidence!)
Identifying the Theme in Five Steps\n\n Summarize the plot by writing a one-sentence description for the exposition, the conflict, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution.