About The Word Narrative
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Narrative
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What's The Definition Of Narrative?
[n] a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; "his narrative was interesting"; "his stories entertained the children"
[adj] consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry" Synonyms | Synonyms for Narrative: communicative | communicatory | narration | story | tale Related Terms | Find terms related to Narrative: account | Alcaic | Anacreontic | anecdotage | anecdotal | anecdote | anecdotic | bardic | bucolic | Castalian | chronicle | chronicling | description | didactic | dithyrambic | dramatic | eclogic | elegiac | epic | epos | heroic | history | Homeric | Hudibrastic | idyllic | mock-heroic | narration | narrational | pastoral | Pierian | Pindaric | poetic | poetico-mystical | poetico-mythological | poetico-philosophic | poetlike | portrayal | recital | record | recountal | recounting | rehearsal | relation | report | retelling | revelation | review | rhapsodic | runic | saga | sapphic | skaldic | statement | storied | storified | story | tale | tale-telling | telling | Theocritean | version | yarn | yarn spinning See Also | content | fairy story | fairy tale | fairytale | folk tale | folktale | message | nursery rhyme | sob story | sob stuff | subject matter | substance | tall tale Narrative In Webster's Dictionary \Nar"ra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. narratif.]
1. Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars
of an event or transaction.
2. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars
of events; story-telling; garrulous.
But wise through time, and narrative with age.
--Pope.
\Nar"ra*tive\, n. That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story. Cyntio was much taken with my narrative. --Tatler. Syn: Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; narration; story; tale. See {Account}. |
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