How would you turn a basic summary of a story into a theme-based summary?
by replacing all the information about plot with a one-sentence summary of the theme

by including interesting details about the author of the story

by explaining why you liked or disliked the story

by focusing the summary on the story’s main idea or message

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What is the primary theme of ha jin’s “a decade”?

“to build a fire” what wild idea does the man conjure up as a last resort?

Which word is closest to the meaning of the underlined word as it is used in the paragraph? use the thesaurus to find the correct meaning. as the police detective questioned the elegantly dressed woman, she became indignant. she wanted to know why she had been called in for questioning. when she learned she was free to leave, she stormed out of the room. indignant adj. angry adj. annoyed adj. irritated adj. resentful angry resentful irritated annoyed