Symbolism

Match the SYMBOL to its MEANING

• death

• WATER 💧

• secrets

• MOUNTAIN 🗻

• peace, calm

• 🔒LOCK & 🗝️KEY

• a challenge

• CROW 🐦‍⬛

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This symbol symbolizes what?

• life

• air circulation

• recycling

• life cycle

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Which animal symbolizes wisdom and knowledge?

• Mouse

• Rabbit

• Owl

• Monkey

Ana had spent an unhappy night of tossing and turning. Yesterday, the wrong move had caused her to lose the volleyball match. As she sat up in bed the next morning, she could see the sun just peeking over the bushes in her back yard. As the sun rose higher and shined more brightly, Ana felt her spirits lifting. Feeling her confidence return, Ana thought to herself, I know I can work harder, and I'll make the team forget yesterday ever happened.

In this passage, the rising sun symbolizes—

• Ana's house

• volleyball

• a second chance

• a sleepless night

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One hot summer day, a weary fox padded down a dusty road, desperate for food and drink. He had traveled for miles without finding so much as a berry to nibble or a puddle of water to sip from. Suddenly, a beautiful aroma filled the air. The fox sniffed and sniffed, his mouth watering in anticipation. Then he looked up. Several feet above him, trailing along a trellis, was a vine full of juicy grapes. The fox jumped up, but he could not reach them. Then he backed up, took a running start, and leaped as high as he could. Still, the grapes remained out of reach. Again and again, he tried, with no success. Finally, exhausted and faint from his efforts, the fox gave up and went on his way. "Oh, well," he sneered, "no big loss. I could tell those grapes were sour anyway."

In this passage, the grapes symbolize—

• something that a person wants but can't have

• a desire to be happy and independent

• a delicious, satisfying meal

• a decision that is difficult to make

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In the movie "Snow White," the witch tries to sell Snow White an apple and says, "One bite and all your dreams will come true." In this story, the apple most likely symbolizes...

• Love

• War

• Temptation

• Peace

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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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After struggling through a hard life, in the last chapter of a story the protagonist is twirling around on a spring day surrounded by newly budding trees and blooming flowers. This description of the setting most likely symbolizes...

• sadness

• royalty

• a new beginning

• a wealthy future

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