a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
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narrative::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | narration, story, tale |
| Type of | content, subject matter, substance, message |
| Has types | folk tale, folktale, nursery rhyme, sob story, sob stuff, tearjerker, tall tale, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale |
his narrative was interesting.
narrative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | narrate |
narrative poetry.
Examples of narrative
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Each story is a first-person narrative that takes readers inside that character.
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Jackson, Khadr's lawyer, challenged every detail of the prosecution's narrative.
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The book is a narrative account of the concrete steps he took to make it happen.
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The other problem with the narrative is that Tom, the narrator, is so unlikable.
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The narrative voice of The Virgin Suicides is that of an anonymous group of men.
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This hardboiled narrative is a lot more interesting than the try-hard apparatus.
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That every child has unique qualities is part of the Western cultural narrative.
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Postmodernism asserts anti foundationalism and the death of the grand narrative.
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The problem for any sport comes when its well of narrative threatens to run dry.
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- Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"
- A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
- A narrative is a made up story that is created in a constructive format (as a work of speech, literature, pictures, song, motion pictures, television, video games, theatre, musical theatre, or dance) that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events.
- The systematic recitation of an event or series of events; That which is narrated; Telling a story; Being overly talkative; garrulous
- (narratively) In a narrative manner: in the form of a story; In terms of narrative
- Telling a story. Ballads, epics, and lays are different kinds of narrative poems.
- A comment appended to an entry in a journal. It can be used to describe the nature of the transaction, and often in particular, where the other side of the entry went to (or came from).
- The story told by a scene. Scenes should have a clear beginning, middle and end.
- (na-RAH-tiv): any writing that tells a story. Most novels and short stories are placed into the categories of first-person and third-person narratives, which are based on who is telling the story and from what perspective.
