point of view, symbol and allegory Flashcards

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point of view

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describes the narrators position in relation to the story the narrator is telling

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second point of view

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can be effective, and jemisin employs it here to heighten the intensity and urgency of the situation in which readers find themselves

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first person point of view

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readers have the most direct experience of what happens in the story according to the narrators interpretation of it

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third person point of view

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use pronouns such as she, he, it and they

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omniscient

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if such narrators know what every character thinks and feels, they are omnisicent or all knowing

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limited omniscient narrators

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however only now and relate what one major or minor character thinks and feels

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omniscient narrator

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shares what all characters think and feel instead of limiting the narrators perspective to just one character

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symbol

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are objects, places, events, or characters that have meaning and significance beyond their physical forms

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archetypes

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these common symbols frequently function

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allegory

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or an entire literary work in which abstract ideas appear in concreate ways

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theme

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literature explores important issues and poses questions for us to consider as we are reading it, and these issues and questions establish

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