Which is an example of a theme?
a. a basketball team loses until it pulls together.
b. at team tryouts, many people are disappointed.
c. the team gets new uniforms.
d. losing is not always the worst outcome of a game.

The correct answer is D. Losing is not always the worst outcome of a game.

Explanation:

In literature and story theme refers to the underlying idea in a narrative, this means the idea the writer wants the reader to understand after reading the text due to this, themes are usually related to a critical message, lesson or idea about one specific aspect of life that can include death, love, hope, power, among other and that is most cases go beyond specific contexts and can be understood by people from all contexts. Additionally, this differs from the plot as the plot is the summary of events in a story, but the theme is what the author wants to convey with the story. Considering this, option D. "Losing is not always worst outcome of a game" is a theme as it is a message that aims at making the reader reflect about one specific aspect of life, which in this case is winning vs. losing, additionally this is the only option that deals with an underlying message, instead of a summary of events.

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