<em>The key difference between a central idea and a motif is </em><em>b) A central idea is abstract, while a motif is concrete. </em>
A <u>central idea</u> of a literary work -the theme- is the dominant idea the author wants to conveys. <u>Motifs</u>, on the other hand, are all the devices the author uses to support that main idea, such as images, symbols or words. <u>Motifs</u> have a symbolic value and remind the reader about the theme.
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I think this is what you are wanting to know. You would use a not an If the word/name (Professor Plum) would have been something starting with a vowel instead, you would use an
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To be honest, I googled this, so reword your answer, but hopefully this helps.
Family
In the book, Bud's mother passed away when he was just six years old. Since then, he has been living in foster homes and orphanages. He only as a couple of items that were his mother's to remember her by. One of the items is a flyer for a musician, Herman E. Calloway. Bud is convinced that this is his father and sets out to find him. Throughout the book, Bud is determined to find the man who he thinks is his father. This illustrates the theme of the importance of family.
Bud finds out the Herman E. Calloway is not his father, but his grandfather. Bud then is left to wonder why his mother ran away from her family, and if she was unhappy enough to run away, why did she keep flyers of her father and his band? These questions once again center around the theme of family importance.
Do you have a word bank or answer choices? Because it looks like its asking for a four legged animal, and that could be any number of animals.
