When identified, a story's theme is stated as a . motivation

characterization

generalization

historical fact

generalization

Explanation:

A theme is referred to as the subject, main idea, or moral of a story. It is the generalisation that is implied by a given story.

For example if we look at the story of the tortoise and the rabbit when they were in a race, the moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.

This theme is now used as a generalisation that can be applied to real life scenarios.

However themes are not always stated explicitly but rather embedded in the plot.

When it is identified it is stated as a generalisation