Implicit vs. Explicit Theme Quick Review of Theme Theme is the message the writer is trying to teach us. There maybe more than one theme in a lesson. Theme is a complete sentences. Possible Themes: Love will survive Bullying can leave
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Implicit vs. Explicit Theme<br>
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Quick Review of Theme Theme is the message the writer is trying to teach us. There maybe more than one theme in a lesson. Theme is a complete sentences.
Possible Themes:
*Love will survive
*Bullying can leave deep scars
* Family sticks together<br>
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Explicit Theme An explicit themes are the ones in which the author makes CLEAR and PLAIN.
Theme is stated clearly or in detail.
After reading, the explicit theme should be very obvious.<br>
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Examples from Literature Fables will actually say, “The moral of the story is….”
Story ends with say, “I knew from the day forward my family would be with me forever.”
Dr. Seuss’s books have many explicit themes. In Horton Hears a Who, Horton declares, “A person a person, no matter how small.” The theme is clearly stated by Horton.<br>
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Example Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFNXwor69-U
What is the explicit theme?<br>
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Implicit Theme Implicit themes are the ones that are implied and unspoken. The author wants you to figure out that these themes are important to life, so he shares life-lessons within the story.
The author hints at it but doesn’t say.<br>
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Example from Literature An example might be sacrifice. Although the book might never directly discuss sacrifice, through the characters actions we learn about sacrifice.
In the children’s classic book Corduroy, Lisa’s mother doesn’t let her buy Corduroy because he is missing a button. Both Lisa and Corduroy or hurt by the discrimination due to Corduroy’s appearance. This is an implicit theme that could be learned from the book.<br>
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Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s2BHofE-m0
What is the implicit Theme?
Or Try a harder one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am5lKJMibr0
What is the implicit Theme?<br>
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Elephant Run Explicit and Implicit Theme<br>
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Explicit Theme There were several explicit themes.<br>
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Implicit Theme There are several implicit themes<br>
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Your Turn Complete the explicit and implicit worksheet. You will be finding additional explicit and implicit themes from Elephant Run and including supporting evidence.<br>
