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narrative

 noun
     
Related topics: Literature
nar‧ra‧tive formal
1 [countable] a description of events in a story, especially in a novel:
At several points in the narrative the two stories cross.
2 [uncountable] the process or skill of telling a story
—narrative adjective:
a narrative poem
narrative structure
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