Symbolism is the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea. An action, person, place, word, or object can all have a symbolic meaning. When an author wants to suggest a certain mood or emotion, he can also use symbolism to hint at it, rather than just blatantly saying it.
Symbolism is often used by writers to enhance their writing. Symbolism can give a literary work more richness and color and can make the meaning of the work deeper.
In literature, symbolism can take many forms including:
- A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning.
- The actions of a character, word, action, or event that have a deeper meaning in the context of the whole story.
"Symbols are everywhere in our lives. Traffic signs, advertising logos
and religious images all provide visual information that transcends
the physical world. Think of the Apple logo--It's really very simple,
silhouette of an apple with a single leaf at the stem and a small bite
taken out of the top. Show that logo to nearly anyone in the world, and
they will immediately recognize it. The Apple logo represents a whole
network of products, images and emotions. Amazing doesn't begin to
describe what our mind is capable of doing in terms of converting a
simple image into something utterly profound. "As you are going about your everyday life this week, take time to observe all the symbolism around you. Take note of sounds, images, or the written word. For your blog post, choose two symbols that one may come across in everyday life. Briefly describe each symbol and what it represents (2-3 sentences for each).
The symbol i have chosen is a dollar sign. It represent money and it looks like green paper with Abraham Lincoln on it. My second symbol is a @ symbol. It looks like an a with a circle around it. It represents the word "At."
ReplyDeleteFirst, the symbol that I am doing is the American flag. It look like a flag with red and white stripes. It represents America. The American flag has 50 stars on it.
ReplyDeleteThe next symbol is a "G" in a box. Which represents Google. Google is a company where you can look up anything like,pictures,websites,and more.
Two symbols that appear in everyday life are stop signs and traffic lights. A stop sign means to stop where ever the sign is. If you don't follow/stop at seeing this sign, Car accidents can happen and people will get hurt. Traffic lights are a symbol that means a few different things, Each thing has its own color. Green is one of the 3 symbols for a traffic light and it means go. Yellow is the second one, And it means slow down. Red is the third and last symbol at a traffic light, And it means stop. There are many other symbols, And they all mean different things.
ReplyDeletetwo symbols I've chosen are a stop sign and a welcome home sign. A stop sign is a hexagon with red and white on it. stop signs are important because without them there would be a lot of car accidents. The welcome home sign is just a rectangle with the words "welcome home" on it. I see it every day when i leave for school and then when i get home from school.
ReplyDeleteOne everyday symbol is 'windows' the computer company. Many offices and everyday people use this. Another everyday symbol is for the company "Target". Target is a retail store that sells clothes, electronics, food etc.
ReplyDeleteThere are many symbols that people see all the time. Though one symbol I chose to talk about is the boy and girls bathroom symbol sine. It looks like a plain stick figure (for the boys bathroom), with a dress (for the girls), or a wheel chair (for handicap). This just shows people witch bathroom to go in, and it is easy to identify witch one to go in to. Another sine that people see all the time is the Facebook sine. It is a blue square with a white “F” in it. Many people use this website or see ads for it all the time.
ReplyDeleteOne symbol I have chosen is my alarm clock. When it goes off, it plays the music station Kiss 108. This represents the way I am able to get up in the morning. The second symbol I have chosen is my street sign. It is green sign with white letters and I see it everyday. This represents the street that my family and I live on.
ReplyDeletemy first, symbol is the dog for A block. it's it's brown , white and black. it represents A bock and the students with in it. my second symbol is is the cation children sign. yellow and black. it represents to slow down because there are children live there.
ReplyDeleteThere are many signs that you see in your everyday lives. One symbol that I see alot in my life is the peace sign. Its a circle with a upside down tree in the middle. The peace sign represents peace in the world and peace between all people. Another sign that I see alot in my life is all of the math signs. For example, plus signs, equal signs, multiplication signs and many more. You use them for adding numers, or finding the answer to an equation. There are many signs that I see in my everyday life.
ReplyDeleteThere are many symbols around us all the time! One of he two symbols I've chosen is a dog . This symbol represents the store pink. It looks like a sideways dog and is found on mostly all of their clothing items. The second symbol I've chosen is my bus number. I see it every say on the side of my bus . The number eight. This tell witch bus I'm on.
ReplyDeleteI liked the exclamation, it really hooked me in!
DeleteOne symbol is twitter, people see that all the time because it comes with most phones. Also a lot of celebrities are on twitter. Another symbol is the handicap sign. It presets that only handicap people can park there. No other people can park there expect for handicap people. Those are my 2 symbols
ReplyDeleteOne symbol I chose isthe + sign. This sign means that you need to add two numbers together. This halpes and is used in math a lot.
ReplyDeleteA & sign is used for saying and but just in a shorter way. It helps the person when they have to write fast or just ake it easier.
one symbol I chose was the skull candy it means here is an awesome pair of headphones.
ReplyDeleteThe other symbol I chose was the anchor with the ribbon it represents my favorite department of the military the guys that protect our shores the navy.
Have you ever noticed all of the symbolism all around you? Symbolism is a huge part of the world. The Dell symbol is just a circle with the word DELL inside of it. When people see the Dell symbol though, they don't think of the word Dell, but they think of things like computers, and printers. Another symbol is the Nike logo. The Nike logo is just a simple check, but it symbolizes shoes and other sports wear. There is so much symbolism going on all around us.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of meaningful symbols in the world. One special symbol is the statue of liberty. The statue of liberty represents patriotism and liberty. Immigrants would see this symbol on their way to America and know that they are free of the bad things in their homeland. Another symbol is a U-Turn sign, if this sign is on the road drivers can be prepared for a U-Turn on the road. If drivers U-Turn without the sign there could be a serious crash resulting in injury or death. That's why U-Turn signs are very important symbols. Symbols play a big role in modern life and help people make life easier.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever wondered what kind of symbols you run into everyday life? One symbol that you see in everyday life for some people is the facebook symbol. The facebook symbol represents socializing with friends and family across the country. A second symbol that you see in everyday life is a stop sign. A stop sign represents that you need to stop to see if any cars are coming or any people are coming. Those were two symbols that you run into in everyday life.
ReplyDeleteI love football. I see so many logos every day because I have to have football in my life everyday. One logo is a viking, The name of my sports team is the east Gloucester vikings. I see this when I practice and especially on game day I see this logo. My friends on the team have it somewhere and I see it almost everyday. The logo I see every day is the omaley schools sails logo. This is at my school every day in the class room or the hall ways and in the lunch room. This represents omaly sails which includes the words.... Service. Acceptance. Integrity. Leadership. And Success.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite symbol in the world is a baseball.I love baseball more then anything !I love baseball so much because i'm good at it and its just so enjoyable.My second favorite symbol is sour patch kids.Sour patch kids are so good because there sour then sweet!My favorite kind are watermelon !whats your!
ReplyDeleteThe two symbols I chose to write abot are the Beats symbol and the Sony logo.The Beats symbol is a lowercase 'b' with a circle around it and it represents high quality headphones or earbuds that are made by Dr Dre.They also represent Dr Dre himself.The Sony symbol is just the word sony but in capital letters and it represents a computer and television manufacturing company.It also represents a technology manufacturing company.
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