1. Symbolism

2. What do you think of when you see these things?

3. Those pictures were all symbols.
A symbol is something that represents something else.
Here are some more examples.
What can be a symbol?
There are all sorts of types of symbols too.
A Word
An Object
A Picture
A Color
A Shape
Mathematical
Religious
Political

4. Can you think of any symbols?

5. Symbols in Writing Writers also use symbols.
When something in a story or poem represents something else it means the writer has used symbolism.

6. Two Haiku by Matsuo Basho
On sweet plum blossoms The sun rises suddenly. Look, a mountain path! A crow Has settled on a bare branch- autumn evening.

7. Look for symbolism
in this story.