Symbolism Exit Slip

What is symbolism?

• A pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds

• The use of an object, person, situation, or word to represent something else (an idea) in literature

• An author's message

• Any story that attempts to explain how the world was created

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Which of the following is an example of symbolism in literature?

• All of these are correct

• Summer representing growing old

• Water symbolizing something wet

• The color black to symbolize evil

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An illustrator draws a picture of a person intently watching a bird fly overhead. What is the bird representing?

• freedom

• knowledge

• birth

• an eagle

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Harry Potter has a scar on his forehead. This scar symbolizes...

• a family name

• royalty

• he is the chosen one

• death

An illustrator draws a picture of darkness around the main character. The darkness represents a problem that the character may be facing. What could this problem be?

• excitement

• night

• luck

• death

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The main character in a story has had a hard life. The last chapter shows a picture of her twirling around on a spring day surrounded by newly budding trees and blooming flowers. How is the character feeling at this point?

• like her life is restarting; representing a new birth

• sad that a new season has restarted

• excited to hear the birds chirping

• that summer is close

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The author wants a picture of a stack of books with an apple sitting on top of them as the cover of his novel. What does the apple represent?

• a fruit

• knowledge

• power

• hunger

An important symbol in a book is usually...

• a recurring image

• connected to the theme of the book

• an image that represents an important idea

• all of the above

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An important symbol in Home of the Brave is...

• a dish

• Gol, the cow

• a desk

• the TV

What words or phrases in the text help you understand what the beach symbolizes? Choose 2 answers.

How long can a school day feel? It was only 20 minutes until the final bell of the year, and Paul’s parents would be picking him up at 3 pm with the car fully loaded for their annual beach trip. His cousins and grandparents would be there already in the house that they rented for the first week of summer every year.

As he counted down the minutes, Paul stared out the window thinking about how his youngest cousin loved to build sand castles and how his aunt and father would wake a dawn to see the sun rise over the ocean. He chuckled to himself as he remembered the fun that he had last year at the amusement park on the boardwalk, and he couldn’t wait to challenge his brother to a game of miniature golf.

What words or phrases in the text help you understand what the beach symbolizes? Choose 2 answers.

• loved to build sandcastles

• it was only 20 minutes until the final bell

• he remembered the fun they had

• Paul stared out the window

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