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Reading Skill: Theme The theme is the central message of a passage. It is not

stated in the passage. Instead, the readers must infer it by
closing reading the information in the passage.

Choose and write the correct words to complete the chart.

Clue • Mountain wanted to be like _______________, and it was jealous.

1 • _______________ told Mountain that it had something like Sun.

Clue • When Mountain _______________, fire and lava came out.

2 • Snow melted, and lava burned the trees on Mountain.

Clue • Mountain was _______________ and decided not to cough again.

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Theme • It is better not to be _______________ of others.

Sun coughed envious Moon surprised

Unit 12 | The Envious Mountain