Expository vs. Narrative

Expositoryadjective

Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.

Expositoryadjective

Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.

Expositoryadjective

serving to expound or set fourth;

Narrativeadjective

Telling a story.

Narrativeadjective

Overly talkative; garrulous.

Narrativeadjective

Of or relating to narration.

Narrativenoun

The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.

Narrativenoun

That which is narrated.

Narrativenoun

A representation of an event or story.

Narrativenoun

(creative writing) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.

Narrativeadjective

Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

Narrativeadjective

Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous.

Narrativenoun

That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.

Narrativenoun

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;

Narrativeadjective

consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story;

Narrative

A narrative, story or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional (memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travelogue, etc.) or fictional (fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller, novel, etc.). Narratives can be presented through a sequence of written or spoken words, still or moving images, or any combination of these.