AQA GCSE English Language · 8700
Paper 1, Paper 2
A central idea explored in a text, such as the hardship of work or the relationship between people and their surroundings.
Revise: Summary and synthesisA theme is a central idea explored through that subject, such as the physical hardship of underground work. Naming the topic alone does not explain the passage’s main idea. ‘This passage is about miners’ tells us less than ‘This passage shows how cramped conditions make miners’ physical work especially demanding.’