Symbolism and Allegory

Layers of MeaningPages 340-341

1. A symbol is often an _____, _____, _____, _____, or ______ to which we have attached ______ _____and _____. List the three symbols and what they represent-A. ______________symbolizes __________.B. ______________stands for ___________.C. ______________as a symbol __________.

What Symbols Stand For

2. Symbols can be _________ or ________. The most familiar symbols have been _________- that is they have been __________________. 3. List some of the inherited symbols for a lion._________, ___________, and _____________.4. Where are lions as symbols found today?______________________________________.5. People throughout history have endowed _____________________________________.

Where do Symbols Come From

6. List three examples. _____________,_______________, _________________.7. Symbols can also be ______________.What is our school symbol? __________.8. Writers often take a ________, _____,or _______ and make it the embodiment of some ____________ _____________.What is Peter Pan the symbol of?______________ ___________.

9. Symbols allow writers to _____ _____ of __________- possibilities that a simple, _______________ could never convey.10. A _____ is like a _______ cast into a ______.It sends out _____-______ _______of _______.11. If a symbol is powerful, it will speak forcefully to your _______ and to your ____________.

Why Create Symbols?

1. An allegory is a story in which _______,_________, and _______ stand for something _________ _____________.2. In some types of allegories, the ____ and ______ represent _______ _______or _______ ________.3. An allegory can be read on _______________ for its _______, or ___________,________ and on a second level for its _________, or _________ __________.

Allegory: Split-level Stories

4. Allegories are often intended to _____ a ___________ or to make a comment about ______ and _______.5. Some of the most famous allegories feature ______ and ______ whose _______ describe what they __________.

Complete Practice A1.2.3.4.5.

Practice B – Read the poem and explain what fen symbolizes in the poem.(I know it is a swampy place – I want to know what it symbolizes)____________________________________________________________________________________________.