In literature, theme refers to the main idea or moral of the story. Sometimes this main idea or moral is stated directly, and sometimes the reader has to think about the main idea. For example, the tale of the tortoise and the hare typically ends with, “Slow and steady wins the race.”

The correct answer would be that atoms gain energy during evaporation and boiling.

A physical change involves a change in physical properties. Examples of physical properties include melting, transition to a gas, change of strength, change of durability, changes to crystal form, textural change, shape, size, color, volume and density.

Common Theme Examples

• Compassion.
• Courage.
• Death and dying.
• Honesty.
• Loyalty.
• Perseverance.
• Importance of family.
• Benefits of hard work.

“Clowns” is a topic; a main idea would be “clowns are enjoyable for some, scary for others.” Harold Bloom suggests that sometimes a main idea does not separate “how” from “why.” In Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” the topic is Caesar’s assassination; the main idea is the how and why of Roman political corruption.

The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work. A theme may be stated or implied. Theme differs from the subject or topic of a literary work in that it involves a statement or opinion about the topic.

Theme is the lesson about life or statement about human nature that the poem expresses. To determine theme, start by figuring out the main idea. Then keep looking around the poem for details such as the structure, sounds, word choice, and any poetic devices.

Say, “In a story, the important pieces of information are called key details. The big idea that the story is about is called the central message. Sometimes a story is about a lesson, or something the author wants us to learn.

The moral of a story is supposed to teach you how to be a better person. If moral is used as an adjective, it means good, or ethical. If you have a strong moral character, you are a good member of society. If someone is a cheat and a liar, you might say, “She is not a moral person.”

The theme of a story is what the author is trying to convey — in other words, the central idea of the story. The plot is simply what happens in the story and the order of the story’s events, and the moral is the lesson that the writer wants the main character (and by extension, you) to learn from the story.

Message is a specific example of that theme in action. Theme is big stuff. Theme is joy, peace, and love. Message, on the other hand, is found in the specific story situations that illustrate the thematic principles. Your message is your story’s theme in action.

The term theme can be defined as the underlying meaning of a story. It is the message the writer is trying to convey through the story. Often the theme of a story is a broad message about life. The theme of a story is important because a story’s theme is part of the reason why the author wrote the story.

A story’s message, or theme, is what the author wants to teach you through his or her writing. Some stories have a specific kind of message called a moral, or a life lesson. You can find the message of a story by looking at the characters’ actions and focusing on what is repeated throughout the story.

Theme is the central idea of a story. It is the moral or life-lesson that you understand from the story. This message or meaning of a story belongs to you not the author.

2 Direct Instruction Explain to the class that the objective for today is to identify the theme in stories. The theme is like a moral to the story or the lesson learned.

Theme is not the plot. Theme is not the summary of the story. Theme is not the moral of the story which tells a moral imperative- something readers should or should not do, usually illustrated with consequences. Theme is what readers learn about the subject.

The main idea is what the book is mostly about. The theme is the message, lesson, or moral of a book.

Theme is a lesson, a moral, something that we learn through character choices and experiences. The big difference is that main-idea sentences always include specific details about the text (e.g., character names, specific places, particular events).

A summary includes the important facts that got us to the main idea. The main idea is the essence of a given passage, which is often expressed in a key word or phrase. Summary writing refers to the process of condensing a given passage to only its key idea and salient points.

Similar words for main idea: core (noun) essence (noun) other relevant words (noun) point (noun)

What is the opposite of main idea?

What does a main idea do? (5 points) show what readers do not know state what the story is about summarize details and events state the ultimate conclusion.

WORDS RELATED TO MAIN IDEA

• basis.
• conclusion.
• core.
• crux.
• determination.
• essence.
• fiber.
• final decision.

Atoms lose energy as a gas changes to a solid. Atoms gain energy as a solid changes to a liquid. If atoms energy during a change of state, they are pulled together by attractive forces and become more organized.

CONDENSATION When steam is cooled, it releases thermal energy and turns into its liquid state. This process is called condensation. reversed if the liquid is cooled. The change from the liquid state to the solid state is called freezing.

Adding or removing energy from matter causes a physical change as matter moves from one state to another. For example, adding thermal energy (heat) to liquid water causes it to become steam or vapor (a gas). Physical changes can also be caused by motion and pressure.

Freezing is the reverse process to melting. To cause freezing energy must be removed. Because you are removing heat to freeze a substance it is called a exothermic change. The point at which this happens is called the freezing point.

Energy will be released to change from liquid to solid (fusion), gas to liquid (condensation), or gas to solid. Latent heat of condensation is energy released when water vapor condenses to form liquid droplets.

Adding or removing thermal energy from a substance causes a change of state. Energy affects the attraction between the atom or molecules and their rate of movement. A substance’s temperature determines whether it occurs in a solid, liquid or gas state.

Matter changes whenever energy is added or taken away. In every physical and chemical change, the total amount of energy stays the same. This principle is called the Law of Conservation of Energy. Under certain conditions, a substance can change from any one state of matter to any other.

Yes, energy can be released when matter changes. In physical changes, such as phase changes, energy is released when changing from a higher energy…

When steam cools, energy is removed from water molecules. As these molecules transfer their energy to the cooler surroundings, they move about much less, decreasing their kinetic energy. This decrease in kinetic energy cause water molecules to slightly stick together.

To convert that gram of water to steam requires another 540 calories. So the energy in the steam is 9-fold greater than the energy in the same weight of water at the boiling point. This energy (as heat) is released when the steam condenses to water and the water cools to the temperature of skin.

The boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius. At this temperature the water will begin to change from the liquid state to the gas state. During the conversion process, temperature does not increase. It is, therefore, possible to have both liquid water and steam that exist at 100 degrees Celsius.

So converting water at 100∘C into steam at 100∘C makes no change to the kinetic energy of the molecules but increases the potential energy of the molecules (bonds are broken) and so the internal energy of steam is greater than that of water.

Answer. Answer: Molecule at the bottom of the vessel has higher potential energy.

When ice or any other solid melts, its potential energy increases. Indeed, this is the only increase in energy, since the thermal kinetic energy, or temperature, does not increase while melting. At each phase change of water, whether ice to liquid water or liquid water to water vapor, the potential energy decreases.

When energy is given to raise the temperature , particles speed up and they gain kinetic energy. When the substance melts or boils, energy is put in to breaking the bonds that are holding particles together, which increases the potential energy.

At a higher temperature, more atoms/molecules are in excited electronic states. So actually, at higher temperature, when more atoms are in higher electronic states, there is more potential energy and less kinetic energy (just considering electronic energy).

Increasing the temperature of a substance means increasing the molecular motion (kinetic energy) of the molecules in the substance. This energy, called heat of fusion or heat of melting, is absorbed by the particles as potential energy as the solid changes to a liquid.

Hotter objects have a higher average kinetic energy and a higher temperature; cooler objects have a lower average kinetic energy and a lower temperature. But it is their average speed that determines the amount of heat an object has and what its temperature is.