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Symbolism in literature is characterized by _____.

A) the use of an object to represent something more than its literal meaning.

B) an unexpected outcome or turn of events.

C) the main idea of a literary work, or message the author wants to express.

D) the use of allusion in reference to past events or historic figures.

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Its A, for example when the author mentions a phenix in the book Fahrenheit 451, it is a symbol of the rebirth of ideas that will soon come, not a literal phoenix.
The answer is A) the use of an object to represent something more than it's literal meaning.