Symbol, Allegory, and Point Of View Flashcards

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Second-Person Point Of View

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A point of view where the narrator tells the story to another character using the word “you”

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First-Person Point Of View

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The narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view

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Third-Person Point Of View

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The narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters be referring to their names or by the third-person pronouns he, she, or they

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Omniscient

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When a character narrator know what every character thinks and feels

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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 narrator’s perspective to just one character

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Symbols

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

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Allegory

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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

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Archetypes

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A recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology

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