Subplots may connect to main plots, in either time and place or in thematic significance.

In sociological terms they are 'ideal types' and the differences between them have all kinds of thematic and representative significance.

In a recent interview, Carpenter explained the album's thematic significance.

But it was difficult to suggest either social milieu or thematic significance in a program of solo dances on a bare stage.

Kamal, who was inspired by the thematic significance and dramatic value of the story, immediately picked it up for his next film.

Other stories start with description of a setting, person or object that will have thematic significance.

Focus on details that will have thematic significance and/or that tell us something about the owner's personality.

Indeed, the careless reader might not register the paragraph's thematic significance at all, except unconsciously.

Do they seem to carry thematic significance, or do they merely round off the action?

Wagner next considered Nuremberg, which would have reinforced the thematic significance of works such as Die Meistersinger.