Define SYMBOLISM
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use of symbols: the use of symbols to invest things with a representative meaning or to represent something abstract by something concrete

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system of symbols: a set or system of symbols

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symbolic meaning: symbolic meaning or quality

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DEFINE IMAGERY

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metaphors and similes: the figurative language, especially metaphors and similes, used in poetry, plays, and other literary works

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mental images: a set of mental pictures produced by the memory or imagination or conjured up by a stimulus

"dreams filled with surreal imagery"

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images in artistic work: the pictorial images found in works of art such as paintings and sculptures, or the art or process of making such images

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images collectively: a group or set of images considered together

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Discuss three different uses of symbolism and imagery in the book, "Fahrenheit 451." Post a picture of this image with each description.


A use of imagery in the book Fahrenheit 451 is when Montag was talking about the mechanical hound and said The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse.







A use of symbolism is when they use the pheonix in the book because the pheonix is a symbol of great importance.

A final use of symbolism in the book is the title Fahrenheit 451. It's title is the temperature at which paper burns.