1. Tuesday, January 25, 2011 Literary Device Focus: Symbols

2. Today, I will identify and analyze how figurative language adds meaning to the text by writing my analysis of the different levels of symbols from Lord of the Flies.

3. Symbol A character, action, setting, or object representing something else in a story

4. 3 Levels of a Symbol Level 1 What is the object/who is the person? Level 2 What does the object/person represent? Level 3 What does the Level 2 representation represent?

5. What is this object?

6. Level 1 Hat and rolled up paper

7. What does the object represent?

8. Level 2 Graduation

9. What does the representation represent?

10. Level 3 Graduation Hard work Success Working toward a good future Motivation

11. Can you think of another image that symbolizes the same ideas? Talk with your partner and be prepared to share

12. Symbols in Lord of the Flies The conch shell The huts and shelters The choir/hunters Fire The jungle The mountain The assembly platform Piggy’s glasses Darkness and the beastie

13. Your turn! In your groups, you will analyze a symbol on all 3 levels. Each member must write down his/her analysis of each level. As a group, you will combine the group answers on your large sheet of paper. Next, you will move as a group to see a different symbol. You will take notes on this symbol before moving on to the next symbol.

14. Level 1: What is the object? Level 2: What does the object represent? Level 3: What does the representation represent?

15. Try it on your own… Analyze Piggy’s glasses on all 3 levels Level 1: What is the object? Level 2: What does the object represent? Level 3: What does the representation represent?