Definitions For Allegory
noun
- An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
- A short moral story (often with animal characters)
- A visible symbol representing an abstract idea
- A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation
Is Allegories a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
14
The word Allegory is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Allegory in a Sentence
- The long poem is an allegory of love and jealousy
- A writer known for his use of allegory