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Sam28 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Meaning

What would be the difference in meaning among a fable, tale and story? I guess it's synonyms.
  

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Hi A fable is a short story which has a moral, and usually has animal characters. A tale and story mean almost the same thing. Yes, the three ARE synonyms.

  • Hi A fable is a short story which has a moral, and usually has animal characters.
  • A tale and story mean almost the same thing.
  • Yes, the three ARE synonyms.
  • Hope this helps Kartik
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Hi

A fable is a short story which has a moral, and usually has animal characters.
A tale and story mean almost the same thing.

Yes, the three ARE synonyms.

Hope this helps
Kartik
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Story is the most general term. It means a short, structured narrative, which can be about real or fictitous events: news story, magazine story, short story, bedtime story, etc.The word tale refers to a more fanciful, whimsical type of story, which can be about real or fictitous events: fairy tale, tall tales, tales from the Vienna woods, etc.The word fable means a simplified, fictitous story,
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Thank you Anonymous. That was pretty clear Emotion: smile

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