What does motivation mean in terms of character development?
a.
it refers to the author’s purpose in creating the character.
b.
it refers to the reader’s understanding of the character.
c.
it is the reason characters behave as they do in the story.
d.
it is the underlying theme or message of the story.

The correct answer is C. It is the reason characters behave as they do in the story.

Explanation:

In literary works including stories, novels, and plays, the character's motivation refers to the situations, conditions or reasons that made a character have a certain behavior, make certain decisions or do certain actions. This is one important element in the story because the actions of characters are the ones that develop the story and also the motives help to the development and growing of characters. This implies that by understanding the reasons characters behave as they do or motivation it is possible to predict future actions or to have a deeper understanding of their actions and behaviors. Considering this, motivation means the reason or reasons characters behave as they do in the story.

The answer to this is C, the behavior of a character is the motivation.

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