The Widow and the Parrot

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The Widow and the Parrot
by
Virginia Woolf
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• About the author
• father was a critic, biographer, and editor
• grew up around many well-known writers

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• More about the author
• advocate for womens rights
• committed suicide in 1941

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LITERATURE TERMS
Point of View--the eyes through which a story is
told
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Two types of point of view FIRST PERSON-- the
narrator is a character in the story THIRD
PERSON-- the narrator is not a character
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First Person Major-- the narrator is the main
character First Person Minor-- the narrator is a
minor character
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Third Person Omniscient--the narrator knows the
thoughts of every character Third Person
Limited-- the narrator only knows the thoughts of
one character
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MORE TERMS
INFERENCE-- conclusion drawn based on facts
provided by the author
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Dialect-- regional language ex lawk a mussy
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CHARACTERIZATION--the way an author brings a
character to life (There are six types of
characterization)
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SIX TYPES OF CHARACTERIZATION 1.
DIRECT--author describes a characters
personality



2. INDIRECT--author allows the reader to infer
characters personality for himself
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SIX TYPES OF CHARACTERIZATION 3. ROUND
CHARACTER--character who has many sides 4.
FLAT CHARACTER--character with only one side
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SIX TYPES OF CHARACTERIZATION 5. STATIC
CHARACTER--character who does not change
throughout the entire story 6. DYNAMIC
CHARAC-TER--character who changes throughout the
story