narration :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

relation, telling, recounting

n. an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"

yarn, story, tale, narrative

n. the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

story, fib, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle

n. a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

ballad, lay

n. a narrative poem of popular origin

rhyme, rime

n. correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

description, verbal description

n. a statement that represents something in words

account, explanation

n. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

summary, summarization

n. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

fable, parable, allegory, apologue

n. a short moral story (often with animal characters)

legend, fable

n. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

fiction

n. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

epic, epic poem

n. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

myth

n. a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

saga

n. a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

fantasy, phantasy

n. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"

account, story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

novel

n. a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

statement, financial statement

n. a document showing credits and debits

essay, composition, paper, theme, report

n. an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"

version

n. an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint; "his version of the fight was different from mine"

chronology

n. a record of events in the order of their occurrence

study, report

n. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

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