Linear Motif
This is my example for linear motif. Linear motif is when a picture gets reduced to simple lines, and you can see how this picture is made up completely of lines going in different directions.
When I used contrast to edit the picture, you can see how many lines are within this image. Each line is creating the picture and your eyes are drawn where each line is and where lines meet. Linear motif is important to make sure that things are lined up correctly and to make sure eyes are drawn to exactly what you want to show. In this picture, the stairs stand out because of the amount of lines that outline them.