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Symbols. And how they affect us. Rev Assignment: Symbols. Tell me what symbols are important to you. Why?. Symbol:. 1. Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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Symbols And how they affect us
Rev Assignment: Symbols • Tell me what symbols are important to you. Why?
Symbol: • 1. Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
Poetry and its terms • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwJ-ppxCGPk
Symbolism • 1. The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.
Theme • Noun: The subject of a • talk, a piece of writing, a • person's thoughts, or an • exhibition; a topic: "the • theme of the sermon was • reverence"
Figurative Language: metaphor & simile • Figures of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two unlike things that actually • have something • in common. • Simile: Uses • “like” or “as” • Metaphor: • Does not
allusion • –noun. 1. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare
Personification • 1. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Foreshadow • Verb: Be a warning or indication of (a future event).
Mood • 1. A state of mind or emotion. • 2. A pervading impression of an observer: the somber mood of the painting. • 3. An incidence of sulking or • angry behavior. • 4. Inclination; disposition.
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