narrative

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ popular

▪ compelling

▪ coherent

▪ simple, straightforward

▪ complex, detailed

▪ chronological, linear, sequential

▪ first-person, third-person

▪ The book is written in the style of first-person narrative.

▪ autobiographical, personal

▪ He provides a compelling personal narrative of his life.

▪ fictional, prose

▪ film

▪ traditional

▪ The movie has a very traditional linear narrative.

▪ biblical, historical

▪ dominant

▪ the dominant narrative of the Cold War

▪ grand, master (esp. AmE)

▪ the grand narratives of history

VERB + NARRATIVE

▪ construct, create, develop, produce, weave (esp. AmE), write

▪ It's difficult to construct a narrative out of a series of fast-moving events.

▪ She has woven a strong personal narrative filled with lively anecdotes.

▪ interrupt

▪ The author interrupts her narrative to tell us that the idea for the book had not been well received.

▪ offer, present, provide

▪ This book offers no coherent narrative of the American Civil War.

▪ weave sth into

▪ The author weaves into this narrative many entertaining historical facts.

NARRATIVE + VERB

▪ be based on sth

NARRATIVE + NOUN

▪ form, style, technique

▪ framework, structure

▪ flow, thread

▪ interruptions to the narrative flow

▪ content

▪ passage, sequence, text

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the narrative

▪ events in the narrative
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adj.

Narrative is used with these nouns: ↑ballet, ↑closure, ↑coherence, ↑continuity, ↑convention, ↑drive, ↑flow, ↑poem, ↑poetry, ↑structure, ↑style, ↑technique, ↑thread, ↑thrust, ↑verdict

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Synonyms:

Narration, relation, tale, account recital, rehearsal, description, story, history, chronicle

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narrative — Narrative. s. f. Maniere de narrer. Il a la narrative belle, agreable. il a la narrative ennuyeuse … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Narrative — Nar ra*tive, a. [Cf. F. narratif.] 1. Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction. [1913 Webster] 2. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story telling; garrulous. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Narrative — Nar ra*tive, n. That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story. [1913 Webster] Cyntio was much taken with my narrative. Tatler. [1913 Webster] Syn: Account; recital;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
narrative — I adjective anecdotal, communicative, declarative, declaratory, descriptive, detailed, disquisitional, epic, exegetic, exegetical, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, expositive, expository, graphic, illuminating, illuminative, illustrative,… … Law dictionary
narrative — [adj] storylike, chronological anecdotal, fictional, fictive, historical, narrated, recounted, reported, retold, sequential; concept 267 Ant. rambling narrative [n] story, tale account, anecdote, book, chronicle, chronology, description, detail,… … New thesaurus
narrative — ► NOUN 1) an account of connected events; a story. 2) the narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ in the form of a narrative or concerned with narration. DERIVATIVES narratively adverb … English terms dictionary
narrative — [nar′ə tiv] adj. [L narrativus] 1. of, or having the nature of, narration; in story form 2. occupied or concerned with narration [a narrative poet] n. 1. a story; account; tale 2. the art or practice of narrating; narration SYN. STORY … English World dictionary
narrative — *story, tale, anecdote, yarn Analogous words: chronicle, *account, report, story, version: *fiction, fabrication, figment, fable … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Narrative — A narrative is a constructive format (as a work of speech, writing, song, film, television, video games, photography or theatre) that describes a sequence of non fictional or fictional events. The word derives from the Latin verb narrare, to… … Wikipedia
narrative — narratively, adv. /nar euh tiv/, n. 1. a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious. 2. a book, literary work, etc., containing such a story. 3. the art, technique, or process of narrating: Somerset Maugham… … Universalium

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