Narrative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  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, or of telling a story: Somerset Maugham was a master of narrative.
  4. a story that connects and explains a carefully selected set of supposedly true events, experiences, or the like, intended to support a particular viewpoint or thesis: to rewrite the prevailing narrative about masculinity; the narrative that our public schools are failing.
adjective
  1. consisting of or being a narrative: a narrative poem.
  2. of or relating to narration, or the telling of a story: My English teacher's narrative skill makes characters seem to come to life.
  3. representing stories or events pictorially or sculpturally: narrative painting.
noun
  1. an account, report, or story, as of events, experiences, etc
  2. the part of a literary work that relates events
  3. the process or technique of narrating
adjective
  1. telling a story
  2. of or relating to narration
Narrative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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