Narration vs. Narrative

Narrationnoun

The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.

Narrationnoun

That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.

Narrationnoun

(rhetoric) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Narrationnoun

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; a recital of certain events, usually in chronological order; rehearsal.

Narrationnoun

That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; a narrative; story; history.

Narrationnoun

That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.

Narrationnoun

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;

Narrationnoun

the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;

Narrationnoun

(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

Narration

Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story, to deliver information to the audience, particularly about the plot (the series of events).

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.