narrative

Everyday

1. A story, or a description of events in order. tree →
2. (adjective) Telling a story (narrative writing, a narrative poem). tree →
3. The way a story or set of events is told or explained (the official narrative). tree →

In the lessons

In English lessons: narrative writing has a beginning, middle and end, characters and a setting. A narrative poem tells a story. In the news, a narrative is the story people tell about events. Phrases: narrative writing, first-person narrative, narrative poem.

Examples

• Write a narrative about a day at the beach. tree →
• A narrative has a beginning, a middle and an end. tree →
• The poem is a narrative about a brave knight. tree →
• Her narrative of the trip made us laugh. tree →
• This book has a first-person narrative using "I". tree →
• The class read the narrative aloud. tree →
• All this suggests that this is a very early and common form of narrative. tree →

Note

Countable. Verb: narrate; person: narrator. Said "NA-ruh-tiv". Narrative writing (stories) differs from non-fiction like reports and instructions.

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it is the storytelling parts about people and events, as distinct from the laws.

Interpretation. Tradition finds laws and lessons in the stories too, and the rabbis called such storytelling aggadah.

Note

Countable. Verb: narrate; person: narrator. Said "NA-ruh-tiv". Narrative writing (stories) differs from non-fiction like reports and instructions.