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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Lorraine Hansberry: "A Raisin in the Sun": Analyzing Theme

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this interactive lesson, discover how literary techniques like setting, characterization, and conflict contribute to the overarching theme of a text. Through analysis of Lorraine Hansberry's iconic play A Raisin in the Sun, explore...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Compare/contrast Themes and Genres in Literary Texts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Determining the theme is not easy; you have to use the clues the author leaves to figure it out yourself. The author implies information about the story through plot points, setting, and characters. You infer and draw conclusions based...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques Collection

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
These animated shorts introduce or review literary elements and techniques like theme, setting, figurative language, characterization, and conflict. They can be used when students are just learning how to identify the most commonly used...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Analyzing a Story's Theme [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short set of questions designed to help students consider and analyze the element of theme within a piece of literature. RL.9-10.2 and RL. 11-12.2 Analyzing Theme.