Answer: D) A theme is the purpose of a text.
Explanation: In literature, the theme is the underlying message of a story, it is what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem. Usually this belief, or idea, is universal and transcends cultural barriers. From the given options, the one that represents the definition of a theme in literature, is the corresponding to option D, the theme is the purpose of a text (the message).
D. A theme is the purpose of a text.
A.The weatherman predicts a rainstorm approaching from the south will arrive later tonight.
B.The weatherman predicts a rainstorm will arrive later tonight approaching from the south.
C.The weatherman, approaching from the south, predicts a rainstorm will arrive later tonight.
D.Approaching from the south, the weatherman predicts a rainstorm will arrive later tonight.
A.
interjection
B.
adverb
C.
conjunction
D.
preposition
A.
"Desiring this man's art and that man's scope"
B.
"I all alone beweep my outcast state"
C.
"I scorn to change my state with kings"
D.
"Haply I think on thee"