Symbols in Art
Symbols in Other Media
Support w/ Evidence
Make a Claim
Reasoning
100
What could the sunflowers symbolize?
- Happiness and hope
- Friendship and welcome
- Life and growth
- The passage of time, as flowers bloom and wilt
100
What is the rose? What is the concrete?
The rose is something good/beautiful || The concrete is something ugly/not useful
100
An artist paints a dying tree beside a healthy tree. What might the trees symbolize? Identify one possible meaning for each tree and cite a visual detail that supports your interpretation. 
- The dying tree could symbolize death, decline, or hopelessness. + Evidence
- The healthy tree could symbolize life, growth, or renewal. + Evidence
100
What's the claim this ad is making?
Tabasco SPICY!
100
American Samoa is a territory of the USA. Its flag has an eagle on it, as well as a war club. Connect these two ideas.
The eagle represents the USA and the club A. Samoa. The one holding the other shows the relationship between the two territories.
200
What are three symbols (and their possible meanings) in this piece?
Let's see what you identified!
200
What does the Infinity Gauntlet Symbolize?
Power / Control / Dominion / Fate (changer)
200
Carl's house is carried into the sky by thousands of balloons. What might the house and balloons symbolize?
House = The Past, What we carry with us
Balloons = Our Attempt to Move forward/Fulfill a dream, Optimism
200
What's the claim this ad is making?
Pomegranate juice will make you live longer
200
Red is the color of blood and violence. The cover of RDR2 has a lot of red on it. Connect these ideas together.
The color red shows that the game will include a lot of blood and violence, but also (since AM himself is red), it's foreshadowing that he'll die from tuberculosis later on (blood in lungs).
300
What symbols are juxtaposed here? What does it mean?
The American Flag and the Broom/Mop.
The contradiction between America's ideals of freedom and equality and the racial and economic inequalities experienced by many Americans.
300
Interpret this shot from The Lion King
Something like divine recognition, light showing the good, lions representing kings, an older generation holding up a new generation, etc.
300
Batman symbolizes fear. How do we know? (Be specific)
Did you identify specific aspects of his costume?
Did you connect his name to night/bats/darkness or other things many people are afraid of?
300
Interpret the picture.
Something along the lines of: you put yourself in an imaginary cage, putting limits on yourself, complaining without real reason, seeing yourself as a victim, etc.
300
The Lorax is a character who 'speaks for the trees'. If the Lorax appears, what might be happening?
The Lorax would appear if something were happening to the trees that would require someone to speak for them. For example, someone cutting them down.
400
What additional meaning do the colors add to this painting?
Looking for warm vs cold / known vs unknown / connection vs loneliness / or something along these lines.
400
What are the flowers?
The flowers are the things that the anxiety has sacrificed in its mission toward finding comfort. Maybe: relationships, happiness, joy, comforts, etc.
400
If someone described this room as cozy, how would they support that claim?
Warm lighting, weather, colors, rustic furniture, fireplace, etc...
400
What claim is this ad making?
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Smoking this brand of cigarettes will help you stay thin.
400
Villains are often shown drinking milk. Milk is a beverage that mothers produce for babies. Connect these two ideas.
Villains steal what is meant for the innocent to help them, and take it, helping themselves. They empower themselves with things meant to help others.
500
What's a theme in this painting?
Let's see if we agree with your answer!
500
What does the storm outside symbolize during the escape from prison?
Rebirth / Purification / A 'Trial / Freedom
500
What's the irony/contradiction of this famous album cover by The Smiths?
A Vietnam War soldier writes Meat is Murder on his helmet. War is murder. This soldier seems to be against harming animals.
People are animals too. War forces us to compromise our values. War makes everything else absurd.
500
What claim is this ad making?
You'll be able to lie more easily with this cough drop.
You won't sound like a liar if you use this cough drop.
500
Full Metal Jacket is a film about the Vietnam War. It ends with the soldiers singing the Mickey Mouse theme song. This obviously references how young the soldiers are. Connect these two things.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufSGd58gjAM)
Only watch the first 50 seconds.
Mickey Mouse is a show watched by kids; these soldiers are singing it, showing that they, too, are just kids.