Symbol, Allegory, and Point of view Flashcards

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setting

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a novel or short story that creates expectations in readers mind of the characters contained in them.

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second-person point of view

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uses the pronoun “you” to talk about the reader

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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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all-knowing

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limited omniscient narrators

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only know 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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symbols

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objects, places, events, or characters that have meaning an significance create complexity in a story and enhance its themes or overarching ideas.

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allegory

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an entire literary work in which abstract ideas appear in concrete ways

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archetypes

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a symbol of new life and rebirth or a windy storm as a symbol of angry emotions

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