Identifying Symbolism

What does a serpent represent?

• Love

• Sneakiness

• Darkness

• Corruption

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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CCSS.RL.8.9

What does a dog represent?

• Loyalty

• Devotion

• Rebirth

• Sarcasm

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

Purple symbolizes

• Purity/Cleanliness

• Royalty/Power

• Peacefulness/Loyalty

• Energy/Renewal

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

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CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

In a story, what could a storm symbolize?

• love

• happiness

• danger

• luck

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

The protagonist of a story is bored at school. She looks out the window and longingly watches a bird fly through the sky. What does the bird most likely symbolize?

• freedom

• knowledge

• danger

• re-birth

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A lightbulb symbolizes...

• Evil

• Idea or Invention

• Darkness

• Old age

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

The poet includes this symbolism most likely to —

• show that the narrator has had a hard life.

• express that narrator has so much work to do since his or her stairs are torn up.

• illustrate that the narrator is redoing his or her stairs in the house.

• explain why the author's life is going to get better with time.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A lightbulb symbolizes...

• Evil
• Idea or Invention
• Darkness
• Old age

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

What might this symbol (fog) represent?

• war

• devotion

• a bad omen or something terrible on the horizon

• romance

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

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What is this NOT a symbol of...

• Fear

• Trapped

• Friendship

• Danger

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

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