¥WebsterÕs New
Collegiate Dictionary:
–A usually short
fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude
or a religious principle.
¥Common literary
definition:
–An extended
simile
–Since a simile is
a figure of speech in which a comparison is
explicitly stated, e.g., big as a barnÉ
–É a parable is
longer–a sentence to a story– which makes an explicit comparison.
–E.g., Òthe
kingdom of heaven is like (this story IÕm going
to tell you)Ó