1. Symbolism and Allegory
Notes for your daybook!

2. Symbols in our culture that we recognize at once.
Public Symbols
Symbols in our culture that we recognize at once.

3. Symbol
Something (an object, a setting, event, animal, or even a person) that functions in a story the way that you’d expect it to but ALSO stands for something more that itself, usually something abstract.
Example: The color white…

4. A Symbol is : Figurative Language
Like a metaphor, a symbol is something that is identified with something else that is very different from it but that shares some quality.
For example: Why are
snakes symbolic of evil?
What qualities do they share?

5. Allegories
Stories in which characters and places stand for virtues and vices.
Virtues are good qualities/habits
Vices are bad qualities/habits

6. Fable
A story where animal characters that symbolize vices and virtues act out a story in order to teach a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.

7. Motif
It’s a mini theme! It is recurring elements within particular works, such as phrases, descriptions, symbols, or patterns of Imagery.