What is the difference between a theme and a motif?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. A theme is a central idea of a text, while a motif is a recurring element that helps to develop it
- Step 1: A theme is an idea such as loss or ambition. Step 2. A motif is an image or phrase that returns and supports the theme. Answer: theme is the idea and motif the recurring element. Why not the others: the first alternative reverses them, and both terms apply to every genre.
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