Motifs

What is a Motif in Literature?

• repeated pattern or image

• repeated sound

• repeated word

• ALL of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Motifs are meant to

• draw the reader's attention away from something specific in a text.

• draw the reader's attention to something specific in a text.

• catch the reader's attention to keep them engaged in reading the text

• to make a text more realistic in nature.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Motifs can highlight something specific about a character to ...

• to establish the mood of the text

• to help the reader better understand a specific character

• to help the reader better understand a character and/or establish the mood of the text.

• to help the reader identify the minor vs major characters in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Motif is not the same thing as ...

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Motifs can help us more easily identify or understand the ___________ of a story.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Motifs help remind us of _________ between scenes and characters in a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4