| 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 |