Lay of the Land: Symbolic Landscapes

Explore different biomes on your quest to interpret literary symbols! In this worksheet, students will read six brief passages about characters in specific natural locations. They will need to choose the symbolic meaning from the word bank that the landscape best represents based on the context of the passage. 

This eighth-grade worksheet is a fantastic resource for helping students improve their ability to identify and interpret symbols in text. This skill can be tricky; while some archetypical symbols tend to represent similar themes across many stories, the symbolic meaning of a landscape can also change depending on context. This worksheet allows students to analyze the function of a symbolic landscape in a passage, preparing them to analyze symbols in longer and more advanced texts. 

For more practice, check out Identify & Illustrate: Symbolic Settings.