THEME

What is the theme of your paper?  The theme is the message your words send to your reader. What main idea and attitude will your readers picture from your words? Your words are your paintbrush: paint a picture that moves your movie from your mind to the reader's mind.

Here's an example:

Prompt:

What did John Glenn see and feel on February 20th, 1962 while orbitting the earth?

John Glenn felt uncomfortable.  He felt like a moose on a city bus, and saw the prettiest glowing marshmellows far out in the distance.  He noticed the biggest ball of cheese ever, and that bright orange! Wow! That really made him hungry. 

He enjoyed looking at those marshmellows until he remembered he was thousands of miles away from his family and friends.  Exciting, but uncomfortable.