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Literary Elements

Fable a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral or lesson Aesop’s Fables Tortoise and the Hare Lion and the Mouse Parables/Folktales/Fairy Tales are different Parables teach a lesson with humans Folktales teach a lesson that’s been passed through oral tradition and uses humans Fairy Tales can teach a lesson, has been passed down, and has magical creatures

Allegory a story (or picture) that is interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually moral or political Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe Interpreted as one but never confirmed by author Animal Farm Faerie Queene by Sir Edmund Spencer

Caricature a picture or imitation of a person that’s had certain characteristics exaggerated in order to create a comic or unnatural effect. Political Cartoon

Microcosm A small scale representation of a much larger “situation”. (Macrocosm: the whole “situation”) Snowglobe Horton Hears A Who and The Grinch The Truman Show

Parody an imitation of something while deliberately exaggerating for comic effect Saturday Night Live

Satire the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or bad habits “Thank You” note for garlic gum Political Cartoons can use satire

Irony Saying (or doing) something that would typically have the opposite effect or meaning 3 Kinds: Verbal, Dramatic, Situational Firehouse burning to the ground (Situational) In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move while the audience is aware (Dramatic) Smooth as sandpaper (Verbal)