Symbolism and Imagery
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Symbolism and ImageryTo Kill a Mockingbird
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Symbolism
• Using something (symbols) to represent something else
• An object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning
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Examples of Symbolism
• As a Metaphor:• Time is money• Life is a roller coaster• My Mom is my rock
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Examples of Symbolism
• As an Allegory:• “All the world's a stage, And all the men and
women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts”
-- Shakespeare
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Examples of Symbolism
• In Poetry:• Dark = bad• Light = good• Sunset = Light going to dark/good going to
bad• Sunrise = Dark going to light/bad going to
good• Spring = Rebirth• Forest = evil
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Symbols in Everyday Life
• Flag = America
• Red = Stop
• Showing two fingers= Peace
• Emojis
• The Cross = Religion
• Santa Claus = Christmas
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Imagery
• Visually descriptive figurative language
• Writing that helps the reader paint a picture in his or her head
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Examples of Imagery
• “Grendel will carry our bloody Flesh to the moors, crunch on our bones, And smear torn scraps of our skin on the walls Of his den.” –Beowulf
• “Another glass of whisky but it still don't kill the pain,So he stumbles to the sink and pours it down the drain,He says it's time to be a man and stop living for yesterdayGotta face it.” – Carrie Underwood