Symbol, Allegory, and Point of View

Question 1

Symbol

Answer 1

A setting, an object, or an event in a story that carries more than literal meaning and therefore represents something significant to understanding the meaning of a work of literature

Question 2

Setting

Answer 2

Where and when a story takes place

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

A literary work that portrays abstract ideas concretely. Characters in an allegory are frequently personifications of abstract idea and are given names that refer to these ideas

Question 4

Archetypes

Answer 4

A cultural symbol that has become universally understood and recognized

Question 5

Point of View

Answer 5

The perspective from which work is told

Question 6

First Person

Answer 6

Told by a narrator who is a character in the story and who refers to him- or herself as “I”

Question 7

Second Person

Answer 7

Casts the readers as the character in the story

Question 8

Third Person

Answer 8

Use of pronouns; she, her, it, and they

Question 9

Omniscient

Answer 9

Knowing everything; what every character thinks/feels

Question 10

Omniscient Narrator

Answer 10

Shares all characters thoughts and feels not just ones

Question 11

Limited Omniscient Narrators

Answer 11

Only know and relate what one major or minor character thinks/feels