The theme of a text is?

a: the same as the topic of the text

b: usually stated directly in the text

c: not one of the main ideas in the text

d: a message about the topic of the text

THE ANSWER: D

Explanation:

the theme is usually a message about the topic of the text and also summarizes the whole idea of the passage.

brutus overlooks that the majority of the crowd served julius caesar the military general. he appeals to their citizenship as romans by calling them first by that name in his salutation: "romans, countrymen, lovers." mark antony, however, speaks in terms understood by the military, by calling them first by, "friends, romans, countrymen." he recalls not only caesar the general but caesar the friend, whose body they see covered with stab wounds.