Synonyms: allegory
Definition: an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
Similar words: expressive style, style
Definition: a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
Usage: all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper
Synonyms: apologue, allegory, parable, fable
Definition: a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Similar words: story
Definition: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
Usage: he writes stories for the magazines
Definition: a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
Similar words: symbol, symbolic representation, symbolisation, symbolization
Definition: something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
Usage: the eagle is a symbol of the United States