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narrative

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nar·ra·tive  (nr-tv)
n.
1. A narrated account; a story.
2. The art, technique, or process of narrating.
adj.
1. Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story: narrative poetry.
2. Of or relating to narration: narrative skill.

narra·tive·ly adv.

narrative [ˈnærətɪv]
n
1. an account, report, or story, as of events, experiences, etc.
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (sometimes preceded by the) the part of a literary work that relates events
3. the process or technique of narrating
adj
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) telling a story a narrative poem
2. of or relating to narration narrative art
narratively  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.narrativenarrative - 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"
tearjerker - an excessively sentimental narrative
subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
tall tale - an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
folk tale, folktale - a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
sob story, sob stuff - a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy
fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale - a story about fairies; told to amuse children
nursery rhyme - a tale in rhymed verse for children
Adj.1.narrativenarrative - consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"
communicatory, communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray

narrative
noun story, report, history, detail, account, statement, tale, chronicle, recital He began his narrative with the day of the murder.
Translations
narrative [ˈnærətɪv]
A. ADJnarrativo
B. N (= act) → narración f; (= story) → narración f, relato m
narrative [ˈnærətɪv]
nrécit m
adj [style, poem] → narratif/ive
narrative
n
(= story)Erzählung f; (= account)Schilderung f; (= text)Text m
(= act of narrating)Erzählen nt; (of events, journey)Schilderung f; he has a gift for narrativeer ist ein talentierter Erzähler
adjerzählend; ability etcerzählerisch; narrative poemBallade f; (modern) → Erzählgedicht nt; narrative structureErzählstruktur f
narrative [ˈnærətɪv]
1. adjnarrativo/a
2. nnarrazione f; (technique) → narrativa

narrative [ˈnærətɪv]
1. adjnarrativo/a
2. nnarrazione f; (technique) → narrativa


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This Narrative contains many affecting incidents, many passages of great eloquence and power; but I think the most thrilling one of them all is the de- scription DOUGLASS gives of his feelings, as he stood soliloquizing respecting his fate, and the chances of his one day being a freeman, on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay--viewing the receding vessels as they flew with their white wings before the breeze, and apostrophizing them as animated by the living spirit of freedom.
Round the central figure in the narrative other characters will be found grouped, in sharp contrast -- contrast, for the most part, in which I have endeavored to make the element of humor mainly predominant.
The most thoroughgoing of all distinctions in literature, as in the other Fine Arts, is that between (1) Substance, the essential content and meaning of the work, and (2) Form, the manner in which it is expressed (including narrative structure, external style, in poetry verse-form, and many related matters).
 
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