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2-IT03Satire, Tale, Allegory – Fable & Parable.
SATIRE
Satire Definition
• Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony exaggeration or ridicule.
• Usually, a satire is a comical piece of writing which makes fun of an individual or a society to expose its stupidity and shortcomings.
• A writer in a satire uses fictional characters, which stand for real people
• The writer hopes that those he criticizes will improve their characters by overcoming their weaknesses.
TALE
A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively
recounted.
synonyms: story, narrative, anecdote, report, account, history, legend, fable, myth, parable, allegory, saga.
Tale Definition
• A series of events or facts told or presented.• A story about imaginary events : an exciting or
dramatic story.
• A story about someone's actual experiences.• A report of a private or confidential matter * dead
men tell.
• Something told.• A piece of harmful gossip.
Tale Types & Examples
Fairy Tale• A Fairy Tale is a
type of short story that typically features folkloric fantasy characters, such as dwarves, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, mermaids, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.
Tall Tale
• Tall Tales are stories that use exaggeration and have characters with super-human abilities.
• A problem that is solved in a funny way.
Folk Tale.
• A tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk. Any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition.
ALLEGORY
Allegory is a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures
and events.
It can be employed in prose and poetry to tell a story with a purpose of teaching an idea and a principle or
explaining an idea or a principle. The objective of its use is to preach some kind of a moral lesson
Similarities• A succinct story• In prose or verse
• Has a moral lesson at the end
Parable• A usually short fictitious story
that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
• Generally feature human characters
Fable• A legendary story of supernatural
happenings• Falsehood, lie• A narration intended to enforce a
useful truth• especially: one in which animals
speak and act like human beings
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