9. Which statement explains a good way to identify the theme of a story? Identify how the main character reacts to conflict and what he or she learns.
Identify how the main character interacts with other characters.
Identify how the setting changes and what that does to the plot.
Identify how the narrator describes the conflict at the start of the story.

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these

How does shakespeare transform the myth of phoebus and daphne to dramatize this theme?

Which characteristic of james baldwin’s “notes of a native son” qualify as a work of literary nonfiction