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Creating Themes from Motifs

Creating Themes from Motifs. MOTIFS. Brainstorm all possible MOTIFS for your novel Example of Motifs from Life of Pi The will to live Faith and Religion Ritual and routine Nature of animals Family. Set Up Dialectical Journal The will to live. Motif to Theme Assignment.

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Creating Themes from Motifs

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  1. Creating Themes from Motifs

  2. MOTIFS • Brainstorm all possible MOTIFS for your novel • Example of Motifs from Life of Pi • The will to live • Faith and Religion • Ritual and routine • Nature of animals • Family

  3. Set Up Dialectical JournalThe will to live

  4. Motif to Theme Assignment • You will be responsible for maintain dialectical journals that track quotations about your motifs • Every reading deadline, you should add a total of 5 quotations to your motifs (doesn’t matter how many you have for any one motif, just add five quotes)

  5. Toward end of reading . . . .

  6. Trace Motif Quotes for THEME • Theme: A sentence that specifically describes an author’s underlying message or attitude toward a motif • Develop themes for • Rituals and Religion • Animal Nature • Survival • ? • Steps in literature circles: 1.Take turns reading quote aloud 2. Keep track of recurring ideas 3. Develop a sentence that captures what your author is saying about each motif

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