point of view, symbol, allegory Flashcards
What is second-person point of view?
Through rare, some stories are told using second-person pronouns (you).
What is first-person point of view?
Told by a narrator who is a character in the story and who refers to him-or himself as āIā.
What is third-person point of view?
Told by a narrator using third-person pronouns. This narrator is privy to the thoughts and actions of all the characters in the story.
What is omniscient?
Told by a narrator using third-person pronouns. This narrator is privy to the thoughts and actions of all the characters in the story.
What is limited omniscient narrators?
Told by a narrator who relates the action using third-person pronouns. This narrator is usually privy to the thoughts and actions of only one character.
What is an omniscient narrator?
Knows all the characters emotions
What is symbols?
Setting, an object, or an event in a story that carries more than literally meaning and therefore represents something significant to understanding the meaning of a work of literature.
What is allegory?
Literary work that portrays abstract ideas concretely. Characters in an allegory are frequently personifications of abstract ideas and are given names that refer to these ideas.
What is an archetypes?
A cultural symbol that has become universally understood and recognized.
What is point of view?
The perspective from which a work is told. The most common narrative vantage points.
