- Message, Lesson, or Moral
- A story's message, lesson, or moral is the idea the author wants the reader to learn from a story.
Many stories have a message, lesson, or moral. The characters and what they do teach the reader a lesson.
Look for these things to help you understand the message, lesson, or moral of the story:
- the right or the wrong thing a character does or says
- what a character learns from his/her own or others’ mistakes
- the main idea of the story, like helping people in need