Literary Analysis: Theme Expressed Through Imagery and Symbolism

For this performance task, students will analyze how an author uses imagery and symbolism to reveal a theme in a novel.

Taking the role of graphic artists working for the publisher of the novel, they will create a visual that highlights that theme and the imagery/symbolism from the novel. The visual should be something that could be used in ads or illustrations for the novel.

In addition, they’ll write an artist statement that includes an analysis of how the author develops the theme and an explanation of their visual as it relates to the novel.