Definition of narrative

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Narrative (a.) Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

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Protactic :: Protactic (a.) Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or personages of a play; introductory..
Narratory :: Narratory (a.) Giving an account of events; narrative; as, narratory letters..
Diatessaron :: Diatessaron (n.) A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament.
Monotessaron :: Monotessaron (n.) A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony.
Legendary :: Legendary (n.) A book of legends; a tale or narrative.
Relation :: Relation (n.) The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events..
Idyl :: Idyl (n.) A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like..
Tale :: Tale (v. i.) That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
Account :: Account (n.) A statement of facts or occurrences; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle..
Ballad :: Ballad (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas..
Novel :: Novel (a.) A fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love..
Narrative :: Narrative (n.) That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.
Detail :: Detail (n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
Epic :: Epic (a.) Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style..
Full :: Full (Compar.) Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon..
Amplification :: Amplification (n.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject..
History :: History (n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill..
Narrative :: Narrative (a.) Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous..
Episode :: Episode (n.) A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it..
Embellish :: Embellish (v. t.) To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors..
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