DO NOW

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DO NOW
Journal 25

• What is the personal significance of your given
  name (first, middle and last)? Does your name
  mean different things to you, your family, and
  your friends? What are your nicknames? What do
  your nicknames mean to you and those who call you
  those names?
• Write a one page response.

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tiger meat
Gators 13 LSU 3
Geaux Gators!!
Tastes So Sweet
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Symbols
Class Notes 31

• Consider the following words. What comes
• to mind when you think about each word?
• Take 2 minutes to write them down.
• Dove
• American Flag
• Hearts
• Snow Whites Poison Apple
• Black Cat

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Symbolism

• Symbolism is an element of figurative language.
• Figurative Language is language that goes beyond
  the actual meaning of words to create new
  meaning.

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Symbolism continued

• Symbolism is the use of physical objects to
  represent ideas or qualities.
• Authors use symbolism to give meaning to an
  object.
• The object itself will represent something
  important and will often reappear.

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Identify and Interpret Symbols

• Questions to Ask
• What is the subject of the story? Is something
  mentioned multiple times?
• How or when is the subject used?
• If its a living thing, how does it feel? What
  does it do?
• What does it remind you of? What else is like
  this object?
• What could the author be using the subject to
  symbolize?

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A Rose is a Rose

• How do we use a rose as a symbol?

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Key Point!

• There is no
• right answer.
• Justify your choice
• by defending your
• opinion with the text!

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The House on Mango Street

• This week we will be reading, studying and
• analyzing Sandra Cisneros short novel, The
• House on Mango Street. The novel is made up
• of 44 short character sketches, or stories,
  called
• vignettes. Esperanza, a Mexican-American
• young woman who just moved with her family to
• Mango Street, narrates them. Since the stories
• dont really follow each other chronologically,
  we
• are going to read the vignettes based on
• overarching ideas.

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Creative Writing Project

• Create your own House on Mango Street
• DUE THIS FRIDAY!