iRubric: Identifying The Theme - scoring guide rubric

incomplete, missing, vague, too short, not enough information

You have identified an a possible topic that could be a theme, but you have not made a clear statement, e.g.: "the value of friendship" - but what is the author saying about the value of friendship<BR>
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AND/OR - the theme you tried to identify is based on just one section, part, or scene in the story, not the entire story

You have identified a key theme from this story, though your explanation was too specific to this one story, and/or not generalized enough to apply to other stories, probably you just need to revise the theme statement a bit to be more concise:<BR>
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e.g. the different attitudes of people affect your life by teaching you different things whether for the better or worse.<BR>
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Becomes: People learn something from all relationships, good or bad

You have identified a key theme from this story in a concise way, your theme statement could be used by others when examining other stories.