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Themes as Dramatic Sketches
Themes for me are abstract dramatic sketches that serve as intellectual seeds for plays. Themes form the element of dianoia: Gk thought. Dianoia is the action of reasoning, or lack of it, that characters reveal in their speech and action of their various ethos, which explains the mythos (plot) background and characters as it recreates themes via the interaction of plot and characters.
The practice of writing themes also builds my basic writing skills for other applications, like expose, technical writing, debate, and issue analysis. Themes are the framework for larger works and as exercises for critical and creative thinking.
I thank the numerous authors of the CBEST practice test books for offering the topics of my themes.
Are just two grades better than five?
Coeducation or a Cloistered Education
Connections as Essential for Imagination
Electronic Media vs Print Media
My Sibling from Another Planet
No Error: the Higher Learning Modes
Nothing Succeeds like Apparent Success
People as different, similar and the same
Smaller Families, Large Human World
Students’ Obligation to Service
Success via Just Your Main Goal
TV Affects Creative and Critical Thinking
"Like Aristotle, I stand in awe of theater, writing for and about theater arts, like play writing, like dramaturgy and other critical analysis. I love the acting art, dance, teaching theater working in it, and watching it."—David Faubion, BA Theater Arts