The Monks Tale fits the category of a parable, because a parable is a story that is used to explain something else, which is what the monks tale is doing.
a. use the same grammatical construction in all similar headings throughout an outline
Using the same grammatical construction in all similar headings throughout an outline is called parallel construction. Parallel construction is also known as parallelism. This means that two or more ideas has the same degree of importance in the sentence therefore it should be written or stated grammatically equal. This can also help in establishing the clarity of the idea you want to convey in the sentence. Some examples of parallelism are the following :
of loving so much
of hating too hard
of crying so long
I believe it would be “lifeless lump”
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