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• 0:00

  Welcome and Introduction

• 0:37

  Overview of Theme and Thesis

• 1:38

  Upcoming Events Announcement

• 2:41

  Session Outline

• 3:12

  Identifying Themes in Prompts

• 4:43

  Defining Theme

• 5:48

  What Theme Is Not

• 6:52

  Theme or Not Game

• 8:30

  Light vs Dark Discussion

• 10:03

  Boy Learns Adulthood Example

• 11:38

  Literary Devices for Theme

• 13:47

  Introducing Blackberry Picking Poem

• 15:50

  Reading the Poem

• 18:27

  Annotating the Poem

• 21:13

  Poem Analysis Begins

• 24:21

  Sounds and Structure

• 27:58

  Speaker's Experience Discussion

• 30:27

  Symbolism and Disappointment

• 35:43

  Thematic Statement Template

• 38:56

  Building Theme Statement

• 42:36

  Difference Between Theme and Thesis

• 45:17

  Thesis Examples

• 50:32

  Poem Prompt Analysis

• 53:35

  Student Thesis Example

• 55:44

  Q&A and Wrap Up

• 59:25

  Closing Remarks