narrative

«narrative» in Mova's school dictionary: A story, or a description of events in order — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a narrative, narratives); adjective (narrative)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

sense 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.

Trees and pragmatics

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