Symbolism Theme

It is a unifying generalization about life or remark about the human condition

• Symbol

• Theme

• Motif

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why does an author use symbolism in their literary piece?

• To convey deeper meanings about a topic or subject.

• To show the importance of symbols.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following words is defined as "an object, person, situation, or action that means something more than what it suggests on the surface"?

• Image

• Theme

• Symbol

• Allegory

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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?

• night

• death

• calm

• freedom

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What might this symbol (fog) represent?

• war

• devotion

• a bad omen or something terrible on the horizon

• romance

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The best definition of theme is...

• The lesson the author is teaching.

• A word that summarizes the story.

• The message the author is sending.

• The character's main problem.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How can a symbol be revealed in a text?

• By the repetition of a symbol in text

• By a detailed description of a symbol in text

• By the narrator telling the reader what the symbol is

• By both repetition and detailed description

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Universal symbols and themes can be recognized and their meanings and messages understood by people and cultures around the world (e.g. a heart).

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

In the short story, "The Flowers," the flowers represented something more on a symbolic level. What did the flowers symbolize in the story?

• Myop's death

• Myop's innocence

• Myop's future

• Myop's love for her family

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What was the meaning of Myop laying down her flowers?

• She could have been paying respect to the man she found, realizing that unnecessary harm might have come to him.

• She realized that her fun day of picking flowers had come to an end becuase she realized the world was not as simple as she thought.

• She realized that her innocent childhood was over and there was more to the world than she knew.

• All answers could be correct.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4