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In narrative, a motif<span> (pronunciation) (help. · info) is any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story. Through its repetition, a </span>motif<span> can help produce other narrative (or </span>literary<span>) aspects such as theme or mood.
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In Other Words, Motif<span> and theme are linked in a </span>literary<span> work but there is a difference between them. In a </span>literary<span> piece, a</span>motif<span> is a recurrent image, idea or a symbol that develops or explains a theme while a theme is a central idea or message.
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There was only the churned water, filled with scantlings and torn branches of trees. ... It will send up the price of scantlings, and we was getting on too fast with them. About all the timber required to erect one of these houses is for joists, scantlings, and doors.
