What is a symbol?

By yourself make a list of symbols you already know:

Find someone who has at least 1 in common with you (not the person beside you):

What symbol did you have in common?

Questions to guide you on symbol:

• What are the important objects in my novel?
• How will I know it is an important object? Does the author take the time to describe it....
• Does the object appear more than once?
• Research the objects you find... the more you know, the easier the connections may be.