1. Symbols And how they affect us

2. Rev Assignment: Symbols • Tell me what symbols are important to you. Why?

3. Symbol: • 1. Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.

4. What do these Symbols represent?

5. What if there are multiple meanings for one symbol?

6. Poetry and its terms • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwJ-ppxCGPk

7. Symbolism • 1. The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.

8. Theme • Noun: The subject of a • talk, a piece of writing, a • person's thoughts, or an • exhibition; a topic: "the  • theme of the sermon was • reverence"

9. Figurative Language: metaphor & simile • Figures of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two unlike things that actually • have something • in common. • Simile: Uses • “like” or “as” • Metaphor: • Does not

10. allusion • –noun. 1. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare

11. Personification • 1. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

12. Foreshadow • Verb: Be a warning or indication of (a future event).

13. Mood • 1. A state of mind or emotion. • 2. A pervading impression of an observer: the somber mood of the painting. • 3. An incidence of sulking or • angry behavior. • 4. Inclination; disposition.

14. Family Tree Elwood Carlson Lillian Carlson Edwin Becker Edith Becker Sandy Lowell Nils Lynn Linda Julie Woody Michelle Julie Brent Sara Micah Elijah Logan