APOLOGUE

Apologue

An apologue or apolog is a brief fable or allegorical story with pointed or exaggerated details, meant to serve as a pleasant vehicle for a moral doctrine or to convey a useful lesson without stating it explicitly. Unlike a fable, the moral is more important than the narrative details. As with the parable, the apologue is a tool of rhetorical argument used to convince or persuade.

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apologue

Noun

  1. a short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable
  2. use of fable to persuade the audience


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