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Symbols: What is a symbol?
 It is an action, object or event that expresses or represents a particular idea or
quality.
 It can be a letter or group of letters, a character or a picture that is used
instead of a word or group of words.
 Children use symbols every day during play, school and in communication
with others. The action or objects they use tell us about how they feel and
what they think.
 Sometimes children simply use a symbol without accompanying spontaneous
words to explain the symbol(s) and other times they use symbols and words.

Metaphor

What is a metaphor?
Metaphor is an object or a number of objects, an activity or an idea that is used as a
symbol of something else.

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