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Symbolism and Imagery

Symbolism and Imagery. To Kill a Mockingbird. Symbolism. Using something (symbols) to represent something else A n object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning. Examples of Symbolism. As a Metaphor: Time is money Life is a roller coaster

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Symbolism and Imagery

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  1. Symbolism and Imagery To Kill a Mockingbird

  2. Symbolism • Using something (symbols) to represent something else • An object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning

  3. Examples of Symbolism • As a Metaphor: • Time is money • Life is a roller coaster • My Mom is my rock

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Symbols in Everyday Life • Flag = America • Red = Stop • Showing two fingers= Peace • Emojis • The Cross = Religion • Santa Claus = Christmas

  7. Imagery • Visually descriptive figurative language • Writing that helps the reader paint a picture in his or her head

  8. 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 yesterday
Gotta face it.” – Carrie Underwood

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