Symbol, Allegory, and Point of View

Question 1

Second-Person Point of View

Answer 1

Though rare, some stories are told using second-person pronouns (you). This casts the reader as a character in the story.

Question 2

First-Person Point of View

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Third-Person Point of View

Answer 3

Use pronouns such as she, he, it and they.

Question 4

Omniscient

Answer 4

All-knowing.

Question 5

Limited Omniscient Narrators

Answer 5

Only know and relate what one major minor character thinks and feels.

Question 6

Omniscient Narrator

Answer 6

Shares what all characters think and feel instead of limiting the narrator’s perspective to just one character.

Question 7

Symbols

Answer 7

Objects, places, events, or characters that have meaning and significance beyond their physical forms.

Question 8

Allegory

Answer 8

An entire literary work in which abstract ideas appear in concrete ways.

Question 9

Archetypes

Answer 9

Symbols in allegories that often have universal meaning, so readers can understand and recognize them more easily.