Symbol, Allegory, and Point of View

Question 1

First person point of view

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Second person point of view

Answer 2

This casts the reader as a character in the story narrator uses “you”

Question 3

Third person point of view

Answer 3

Uses pronouns such as she, he, it, and they

Question 4

Omniscient

Answer 4

Using third person pronouns, this narrator is aware to the thoughts and actions of all characters in the story

Question 5

Limited Omniscient

Answer 5

Uses third person pronouns but usually only aware to the actions and thoughts of only one character

Question 6

Symbols

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Allegory

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Archetype

Answer 8

A cultural symbol that has become universally understood and recognized