Symbol, Allegory, and point of view Flashcards

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

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archetypes

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a cultural symbol that has become universally understood and recognized.

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second person point of view

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casts the reader as a character in the story.

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first person point of view

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

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third person point of view

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told by a narrator who relates the action using third person pronouns (he, she, it)

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limited omniscient narrators

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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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omniscient

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all knowing

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