---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sema Voda <semavoda27@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Uncovering Motives I think our guide should be the term "motive" People behave routinely in many ways with no specific "motive " ( conscious or subconscious), however, in our stories\poems there are often situations in which the characters have motives ( reasons why they behave in a certain way. ( Mrs. Jones -Thank You Ma'm Mr. Cattanzara- A Summer's Reading ....) Sema Voda aman_qundos@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > One student chose "Uncovering Motives" to explain how the traveler > made his choice in "The Road Not Taken". Am I right to think that this > skill involves a pre_planned action which a certain character has > motives to carry out? Or is it OK to use this skill any time we need > to explain why a character behaves the way he does? ************************************** ** Join ETNI on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/31737970668/ ** ETNI Blog and Poll http://ask-etni.blogspot.co.il/ ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** post to ETNI List - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx ***************************************