Symbol, Allegory, and point of view Flashcards
symbols
objects, places, events, or characters that have meaning and significance beyond their physical forms.
allegory
an entire literary work in which abstract ideas appear in concrete ways.
archetypes
a cultural symbol that has become universally understood and recognized.
second person point of view
casts the reader as a character in the story.
first person point of view
told by narrator who is a character in the story and who refers to him- or herself as “I”
third person point of view
told by a narrator who relates the action using third person pronouns (he, she, it)
limited omniscient narrators
shares what all characters think and feel instead of limiting the narrator’s perspective to just one character.
omniscient
all knowing