Fables

Mrs. Regan (United States of America)
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  1. fable
    a short moral story
  2. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  3. tradition
    a specific practice of long standing
  4. interpretation
    the act of expressing something in an artistic performance
  5. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  6. moral
    concerned with principles of right and wrong
  7. setting
    facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
  8. evolve
    undergo development
  9. spellbinding
    attracting and holding interest
  10. improvisation
    a performance given without planning or preparation
  11. flattery
    excessive or insincere praise
  12. intimidation
    the act of scaring a weaker person to make them do something
  13. version
    something a little different from others of the same type
  14. virtue
    the quality of doing what is right
  15. vanity
    feelings of excessive pride
  16. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
    A little audience participation is also thrown in, as are some historical and literary allusions.
  17. minimalist
    of or relating to extreme simplification of form and color
    There are raw wood floors, limestone slab tables, minimalist décor and an outdoor space for warm-weather treatments.
  18. proverb
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  19. proverbial
    widely known and spoken of
    These days they’re selling like proverbial hotcakes and with the holidays upon us, a few manufactures are just hitting stride with some truly stand-out designs. Forbes (Dec 20, 2013)
  20. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  21. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  22. figurative
    not literal
  23. literal
    limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
Created on Sun Mar 02 15:45:36 EST 2014 (updated Mon Mar 03 07:45:36 EST 2014)

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