didactic

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 * Didactic** **(dī-dāk'tĭk)**

From the Greek didactic literally means “teaching.” Didactic words have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles

1. “The Tortoise and the Hare” is a fable that teaches a lesson of slow and steady wins the race. 2. “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” is a story that teaches the life lesson of don’t lie. 3. The Bible is a didactic piece of literature because it offer moral and ethical values. - Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. Psalm 82:3-4 - Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the LORD promised on oath to your forefathers. Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Deuteronomy 8:1-3
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Attributions: Baker, Jennifer. "Glossary of Literary Terms." 27 Sep 2007 <[|http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm>.]

"Didactic." __Merriam Webster__. 2007. Merriam-Webster, Inc.. 27 Sep 2007 <[|http://webster.com/dictionary/pedantic>.]

"Daily Bible Verse." __Christ Notes__. 2001-2007. Christ Notes, LLC. 8 Oct 2007 http://www.christnotes.org/

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