What is a motif in a literary text?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. A recurring element that supports a theme
- Step 1: A motif such as water or light can reinforce meaning across a text.
Answer
A recurring element that supports a theme.
Why not the others: A single rhyme found only in the last line of a poem, A character's name that is used only once in a text and The last line of a poem repeated as a title don't fit.
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