What is a symbol in a text?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Something that represents a larger idea
- Step 1: A dove, for example, can symbolise peace.
Answer
Something that represents a larger idea.
Why not the others: A type of punctuation used at the end of a sentence, A rhyme scheme repeated across several stanzas and A direct quotation taken from another writer don't fit.
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