3. 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.
4.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8.
9. 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
10. 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
Pecos Bill is a cowboy, apocryphally immortalized in American folklore set in the Old West during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. Their stories were probably invented as short stories and a book by Edward S. O'Reilly in the early 20th Century and are considered to be an example of fakelore. Pecos Bill was a late addition to the "big man" idea of characters, such as Paul Bunyan or John Henry
John Chapman (September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845), often called Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, as well as the northern counties of present-day West Virginia. He became an American legend while still alive, due to his kind, generous ways, his leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance he attributed to apples. He was also a missionary for The New Church (Swedenborgian)[1] and the inspiration for many museums and historical sites such as the Johnny Appleseed Museum[2] in Urbana, Ohio, and the Johnny Appleseed Heritage Center[3] in between Lucas, Ohio, and Mifflin, Ohio.
Fables are stories that feature animals, plants, or forces of nature that have been given human qualities.
They teach moral and ethical lessons, like how to behave or how to treat people.
Parables also teach moral and ethical lessons, but they only have human characters.
They are set in the real world, with realistic problems and results. They often have spiritual aspects.
Parable of the Sower - Matthew 13:3-8.
Parable of the Hidden Treasure - Matthew 13:44