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| symbol, symbolism | device that creates a direct meaningful equation between 1) a specific object, scene, character or actions and 2) ideas, values, persons or ways of life |
| cultural, universal | type of symbol shared by people of same historical/cultural tradition |
| contextual, private, authorial | symbols that get meaning only from within individual works |
| allegory | narrative that signifies situtation or series of events and is more sustained than a symbol |
| fable | brief story that illustrates a moral truth; often with animals |
| myth | traditional story that attempts to explain religious, cultural or philosophical values about a civilization |
| What is an allusion? | reference in a piece of literature to another source - maybe historical, listerary, religious, etc. |
| idea | result or results of general or abstract thinking |
| theme | when one idea seems to be a major idea |
| values | standard of what is desired, sought, esteemed and treasured |
| list 5 ways authors convey ideas | study: authorial voice, first-person speaker, statements made by characters in story, work's figures of speech, work itself as an embodiement of ideas |
| parable | short allegory concerned with moral or religious ideas |
