When readers discuss literature, which story elements are typically used as textual evidence for a reader's ideas about the story's theme?

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Things that happen in a story can help you find out the theme, like if a character does something and lies about it, and then other characters find out and that first character gets consequences, then the theme of the story is to not lie.

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Explanation:

Which of the following inferences about Paul Revere's horse would the poet most likely agree with? The horse is critical to the timely delivery of a life-saving message to a nation. The horse's hoofs may be putting Paul Revere at risk because they are too loud.