Symbol, Allegory, POV

Question 1

First-person POV

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Second-person POV

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Third-person POV

Answer 3

the author is narrating a story about the characters, referring to them by name, or using the third-person pronouns “he,” “she,” and “they.”

Question 4

Omniscient

Answer 4

told by narrator using third-person pronouns. This narrator is privy to thoughts and actions of all the characters in the story

Question 5

Limited Omniscient narrator

Answer 5

when an author sticks closely to one character but remains in third person

Question 6

Omniscient Narrator

Answer 6

the all-knowing voice in a story. The narrator has greater insight into the narrative events; context; and the characters’ motives, unspoken thoughts, and experiences, than any individual character does

Question 7

Symbols

Answer 7

A setting, an object, or an event in a story that carries more than literal meaning and therefore represents something significant to understanding the meaning of a work to literature

Question 8

Allegory

Answer 8

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 9

Archetype

Answer 9

A cultural symbol that has become universally understood and recognized

Question 10

Themes

Answer 10

Underlying issues or ideas of the work

Question 11

Point of view

Answer 11

The perspective from which a work is told.