Question

Attempts to instruct and edify the audience as well as entertain it by presenting a story with a clear moral were called _____.

Answer 1

morality plays, because I said so.

Answer 2

Attempts to instruct and edify the audience as well as entertain it by presenting a story with a clear moral were called morality plays. Morality plays are a type of allegory in which the protagonist is met by personifications of various moral attributes that help him on his way to good.