Symbolism and ImageryTo Kill a Mockingbird

Symbolism

• Using something (symbols) to represent something else

• An object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning

Examples of Symbolism

• As a Metaphor:• Time is money• Life is a roller coaster• My Mom is my rock

Examples of Symbolism

• As an Allegory:• “All the world's a stage, And all the men and

women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts”

-- Shakespeare

Examples of Symbolism

• In Poetry:• Dark = bad• Light = good• Sunset = Light going to dark/good going to

bad• Sunrise = Dark going to light/bad going to

good• Spring = Rebirth• Forest = evil

Symbols in Everyday Life

• Flag = America

• Red = Stop

• Showing two fingers= Peace

• Emojis

• The Cross = Religion

• Santa Claus = Christmas

Imagery

• Visually descriptive figurative language

• Writing that helps the reader paint a picture in his or her head

Examples of Imagery

• “Grendel will carry our bloody  Flesh to the moors, crunch on our bones,  And smear torn scraps of our skin on the walls  Of his den.” –Beowulf

• “Another glass of whisky but it still don't kill the pain,So he stumbles to the sink and pours it down the drain,He says it's time to be a man and stop living for yesterdayGotta face it.” – Carrie Underwood