Symbolism

Symbolism

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Symbolism

• when an item is both its literal self and represents something else

• symbols can be objects, people, names, settings, and colors

• author's use symbolism to convey a deeper meaning in the text. They add layers of meaning.

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A symbol can come from the larger culture that we should all understand.

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An author can create a symbol within their story.

In their original works, these symbols are created within it. In the story of Peter Pan, he is symbol created by the author.

When another author takes Peter Pan and puts him into their work, they are using it as an allusion, but that allusion symbolize eternal youth.

Poll

A lion would most likely symbolize...

• Courage

• Weakness

• Jealousy

• Love

Poll

What does a heart typically symbolize?

• fear

• time

• love

• thunder

Practice

What is symbolism?

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Practice identifying symbols and what they represent in the following sentences.

Multiple Choice

What is a symbol?

• A person the author knows

• Another story

• characters in a story

• something that is both itself and represents something else

Multiple Select

Symbols represent...

Check all that apply.

• abstract concepts

• something other than the object itself

• layers of meaning

• a famous person

Multiple Choice

Which picture is a symbol of peace?

Multiple Select

The color red symbolizes what two emotions?

• sadness

• happiness

• love

• anger

Multiple Choice

This symbolizes what?

• peace

• grief

• death

• positivity

Multiple Choice

In a story, what could a storm symbolize?

• love

• happiness

• danger

• luck

Multiple Choice

Which animal symbolizes wisdom and knowledge?

• Mouse

• Rabbit

• Owl

• Monkey

Multiple Choice

The writer describes a person in a jail yard intently watching a bird fly overhead. What might the bird be symbolizing?

• freedom

• knowledge

• the chosen one

• birth

Multiple Choice

After struggling to escape a hard life, a character is described as twirling around on a spring day surrounded by newly budding trees and blooming flowers. What might this passage symbolize?

• sadness that the new season has started

• excitement to hear the birds chirping

• optimism that life is restarting; representing a new birth

• disappointment that summer is so close

Multiple Choice

Symbols represent...

• ...abstract concepts.
• ...layers of meaning.
• ...something other than the object itself.
• ...All of the above.

Multiple Choice

What is symbolism?

• When the author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning to a story

• A reference to another literary work

• The tone of the story

• The events of the story