The theme of the memoir I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai is that education is a powerful tool for empowerment and change, especially in the fight for women's rights in oppressive societies.
Some big ideas in I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban are identity, women’s rights, the power of education, activism and change, and courage.
Pick one of these big ideas and formulate a theme statement.
Write your topic sentence. Include TAG (title, author, genre) and your theme statement.
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The title of a nonfiction work needs to be in italics and the main words need to be capitalized.
Genre means type of writing: memoir, biography, autobiography, novel, short story, fable, poem, play, letter, etc.
Template: The theme of the (genre) (title) by (author) is (theme statement).
Example: The theme of the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is that the strong of will and of intellect will generally survive through challenging situations.
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