| A | B | 
| Fable | Short fictional story that tries to teach a lesson about life | 
| Moral | Lesson or message about life | 
| Sterotype | Uncritically accepted fixed idea about a certain group | 
| Character | Person of animal in a story, novel, or play | 
| Personfication | giving animals or objects human characteristics | 
| Plot | planned series of events in a story | 
| Flat character | character based on a single trait and is not well developed | 
| Aesop | A Greek slave who is credited for being the originator of fables |