retell

«retell» in Mova's school dictionary: to tell it again, often in your own words — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (retell, retells, retold, retelling); noun retelling

meaning for a pupil

1) To retell a story is to tell it again, often in your own words. tree →

2) A retelling is a new version of an old story. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons, pupils retell stories orally or in writing to show they understand the order of events; story maps help. In books, a retelling gives a fresh version of a fairy tale or myth. Phrases: "retell the story", "retell in your own words", "a modern retelling".

examples

• Retell the story of the Three Little Pigs in your own words. tree →
• Grandma retold the tale of how she met Grandad. tree →
• We used a story map to retell "The Gruffalo". tree →
• The film is a modern retelling of Cinderella. tree →
• Can you retell what happened at break time? tree →
• The myth has been retold many times. tree →

note

Irregular, like "tell": retell, retold, retold. Noun: retelling. To retell is not to copy word for word; it means giving the main events in order using your own words.

In the corpora

• A recount retells real events in time order: «On Tuesday, Class 4 went to the seaside.
• Many boasts are mostly true with one bit stretched; stories often grow each time they are retold.

Trees and pragmatics

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