apologue
Story teaching lessons
An apologue is a short fable or allegorical story conveying a moral lesson, typically featuring animals or inanimate objects as characters.
The term is more literary than fable and often appears in discussions of classical or didactic literature: Aesop's tales are the most famous apologues in Western tradition.
Ancient Greek fable writer
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- moral taleStory conveying ethical instruction
- beast fableMoral tale with animals
- La FontaineFrench fable writer
fabulist · Reynard · talking animals · tortoise and hare · Anansi · cautionary tale · exemplum
Spoken or written narrative
- storyAccount of events
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- vignetteBrief evocative description
sketch · episode · folklore · oral tradition · storytelling · narration · recounting
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- lessonUnit of teaching
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- preceptRule governing behavior
maxim · adage · proverb · wisdom · guidance · instruction · rectitude · principle
Representing concepts through images
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- figurativeRepresenting through imagery
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- extended metaphorFigurative comparison throughout text
hidden meaning · veiled meaning · subtext · deeper meaning · moral lesson · emblematic · representational · analogical
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- ancient wisdomLong-held profound understanding
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- SanskritAncient Indo-Aryan language
Persian · Arabian · medieval · traditional · timeless · archetypal · ancestral tales
Aesop
Ancient Greek fable writer
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- moral taleStory conveying ethical instruction
- beast fableMoral tale with animals
La Fontaine · fabulist · Reynard · talking animals · tortoise and hare · Anansi · cautionary tale · exemplum
tale
Spoken or written narrative
vignette · sketch · episode · folklore · oral tradition · storytelling · narration · recounting
ethics
Study of right conduct
precept · maxim · adage · proverb · wisdom · guidance · instruction · rectitude · principle · cautionary
symbolism
Representing concepts through images
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- figurativeRepresenting through imagery
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
extended metaphor · hidden meaning · veiled meaning · subtext · deeper meaning · moral lesson · emblematic · representational · analogical
classical
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- ancient wisdomLong-held profound understanding
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- GreekOf Athenian origin
Sanskrit · Persian · Arabian · medieval · traditional · timeless · archetypal · ancestral tales
apologuetruth
Accordance with reality
history · chronicle · documentary · reportage · nonfiction
apologueentertainment
Agreeable diversion of attention
amusement · diversion · escapist fiction · shaggy dog story · joke
- my apologiesExpression of regret
- I apologizeExpression of remorse
- public apologyOpenly stated remorse
- heartfelt apologySincere expression of remorse
- formal apologyOfficial acknowledgment of fault
- my apologyExpression of personal regret
apology, apologize, apologetic, apologies, apologizing, apologized, apologist, unapologetic, apologists