Symbol, Allegory, and POV

Question 1

Setting

Answer 1

When and where a story takes place

Question 2

First POV

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Second POV

Answer 3

Though rare, some stories are told using second-person pronouns (you). This casts the reader as a character in the story.

Question 4

Third-person Limited Omniscient

Answer 4

Told by a narrator who relates the action using third-person pronouns (he, she, it). This narrator is usually privy to the thoughts and actions of only one character.

Question 5

Third-person Omniscient

Answer 5

Told by a narrator using third-person pronouns. This narrator is privy to the thoughts and actions of all the character sin the story.

Question 6

Limited Omniscient Narrator

Answer 6

Only know and relate what one major or minor character thinks and feels.

Question 7

Omniscient Narrator

Answer 7

Shares what all characters think and feel instead of limiting the narrator’s perspective to just one character.

Question 8

Symbols

Answer 8

Are objects, places, events, or characters that have meaning and significance beyond their physical forms.

Question 9

Allegory

Answer 9

A literary work that portrays abstract ideas concretely. Characters in an allegory are frequently personifications of abstract ideas and are given names that refer to these ideas.

Question 10

Archetypes

Answer 10

A cultural symbol that has become universally understood and recognized.