narration
[na-rey-shuh n]
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Origin of narration
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taleanecdotenarrativevoice-overstoryexplanationyarnrecitalrehearsalreportrelationtellingaccountrecountingrecountalstorytellingExamples from the Web for narration
Contemporary Examples
One of the great pleasures of his book is the narration of dozens of small but significant encounters with students.
Dialogue and narration is at a minimum, as are as the drawings.
While these events are critical, what requires the most attention is the manner of her narration.
As such, there is a vulnerability to the narration of An Armenian Sketchbook.
As Sitch finagled his way through the scenario, his narration was loathsome, derogatory… and brilliant.
Historical Examples
We shall here resume the more picturesque style of narration.
Biographical SketchesNathaniel Hawthorne
George was glad to have some one to talk to, but he was distressed by this narration of his landlady.
Life in LondonEdwin Hodder
Mr. Stubmore did not seem to grow more distant at Philip's narration.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
The Queen is said to have been moved to tears by the narration of his story.
And narration may be either simple narration, or imitation, or a union of the two?
The RepublicPlato
narration
- the act or process of narrating
- a narrated account or story; narrative
- (in traditional rhetoric) the third step in making a speech, the putting forward of the question
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Word Origin and History for narration
n.
early 15c., from Old French narracion "account, statement, a relating, recounting, narrating, narrative tale," and directly from Latin narrationem (nominative narratio) "a relating, narrative," noun of action from past participle stem of narrare "to tell, relate, recount, explain," literally "to make acquainted with," from gnarus "knowing," from PIE suffixed zero-grade *gne-ro-, from root *gno- "to know" (see know).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
narration
The recounting of an event or series of events; the act of telling a story.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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