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yarn, story, tale, narration

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

narrative

adj. consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"

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"

anecdotic, anecdotal, anecdotical

adj. characterized by or given to telling anecdotes; "anecdotal conversation"; "an anecdotal history of jazz"; "he was at his anecdotic best"

blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing, tattling

adj. prone to communicate confidential information

chatty, gossipy, newsy

adj. prone to friendly informal communication

communicable

adj. readily communicated; "communicable ideas"

communicational

adj. used in communication; "he had few communicational grooves available for use"

English-speaking

adj. able to communicate in English

expansive, talkative

adj. friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"

expressive

adj. characterized by expression; "a very expressive face"

revelatory, expressive of, indicative of

adj. (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear"

French-speaking

adj. able to communicate in French

German-speaking

adj. able to communicate in German

gestural, nonverbal

adj. being other than verbal communication; "the study of gestural communication"; "art like gesture is a form of nonverbal expression"

sign, gestural, signed, sign-language

adj. used of the language of the deaf

Icelandic-speaking

adj. able to communicate in Icelandic

Italian-speaking

adj. able to communicate in Italian

nonverbal, non-verbal

adj. involving little use of language; "a nonverbal intelligence test"

nonverbal

adj. lacking verbal skill; "rural students often come from nonverbal backgrounds"

outspoken, vocal

adj. given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly"

Russian-speaking

adj. able to communicate in Russian

Spanish-speaking

adj. able to communicate in Spanish

verbal

adj. communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest"

yarn-spinning

adj. inclined to tell long and involved stories (often of incredible happenings)

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