Question

What kind of symbol is displayed in the following example?



Throughout the world, a circle with a diagonal line through it represents the idea of "no."


A. Conventional symbol
B. Literary symbol
C. Personal symbol
D. Universal symbol

Answer 1

Well, do you know what the differences between all of the symbols are?

Answer 2

I suppose if you did you wouldn't be asking this question would you...

Answer 3

A quick Google search tells me that a
-conventional symbol is a symbol that is highly recognized. For example, a heart is the symbol of love.
-Literary symbols extend meaning beyond the prosaic (like lacking poetic beauty) representation of realities afforded by literal description or extracted through analysis and exposition.
-a private symbol is one that an individual artist arbitrarily assigns a personal meaning to. Nearly all members of an ethnic, religious, or linguistic group might share a cultural symbol and agree upon its meaning with little discussion, but private symbols may only be discernible in the context of one specific story or poem.
-and universal symbol is another term for archetype, which is a very typical example of something.

Answer 4

I would safely say that the circle with a diagonal line through it is not a literary symbol, so we can toss that one out the window.

Answer 5

It is a conventional symbol. This is because it is a widely understood and accepted interpretation. When you see a circle with a diagonal line through it, you automatically know what it implies. Just like with, say, hearts, for example. When you see a heart, you know it means "love."