What is a motif? a symbol that expresses the theme of the text a recurring idea, symbol, or image throughout the text that leads to theme the author's style of writing that is unique to him or her the reason behind a character's actions

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.

a. energy is conserved on earth, but matter is not.