narration

«narration» in Mova's school dictionary: The telling of a story, especially by a narrator — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (narration, uncountable; a narration)

meaning for a pupil

1) The telling of a story, especially by a narrator. tree →

2) The spoken words that explain what is happening in a film, show or play. tree →

3) In grammar, narration means reporting what someone said without using their exact words. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons pupils learn first-person narration (I, we) and third-person narration (he, she, they). Documentaries have a narration.

examples

• The story is told in first-person narration. tree →
• Who does the narration in the nature film? tree →
• Her narration was clear and lively. tree →
• The play had narration between the scenes. tree →
• Alice in Wonderland uses third-person narration. tree →
• Record your narration over the slides. tree →
• I have given him a name, and changed the narration into the oblique narration, and toned down the dialect. tree →

note

Narrate = tell; narrator = the teller; narrative = the story.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «narration» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.