SYMBOLISM
—When an object is meant to be representative of something or an idea greater than the object itself.
Examples:
¡Cross - representative of Christ or Christianity
¡Bald Eagle - America or Patriotism
¡Owl - wisdom or knowledge
SIMILE
—Similes are phrases that describe one characteristic of something by comparing it to a similar characteristic of something else.
—Similes use the words like or as in their comparison. They never use the two words together.
—Example:
¡ The hood of my car is hot.
If I want to describe how hot the surface of my car is, I can compare it to something else that I know is hot--say, an iron. Therefore, I would say, 'The surface of my car is as hot as an iron' or
'The surface of my car is hot like an iron.'
I couldn’t say, 'The surface of my car is like an iron' because it is unclear what characteristic I am comparing--the shape of the car and iron, the texture of the car and iron, etc.
'The surface of my car is hot like an iron.'
I couldn’t say, 'The surface of my car is like an iron' because it is unclear what characteristic I am comparing--the shape of the car and iron, the texture of the car and iron, etc.
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