Parable
A brief narrative teaching a moral or spiritual lesson through analogy.
Real World
The Parable of the Good Samaritan, used by politicians from Martin Luther King Jr. to modern UK parliamentarians, demonstrates how a two-thousand-year-old moral story retains persuasive power in contemporary political speech.
Exam Focus
Identify the moral lesson explicitly and explain how the narrative structure — situation, action, consequence — delivers it efficiently.
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