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UK
/nˈæɹətˌɪv/
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[ US /ˈnæɹətɪv, ˈnɛɹətɪv/ ]
[ US /ˈnæɹətɪv, ˈnɛɹətɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
narrative poetry
NOUN
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a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
his narrative was interesting
How To Use narrative In A Sentence
- He laces his narrative with a great deal of information and conclusions derived from other sources.
- For most people such details might be rather boring, but Robertson makes the narrative come alive through the personalities.
- Surely one of the agonizing attributes of our post – September 11 age is the unending need to reaffirm realities that have been proved, and proved again, but just as doggedly denied by those in power, forcing us to live trapped between two narratives of present history, the one gaining life and color and vigor as more facts become known, the other growing ever paler, brittler, more desiccated, barely sustained by the life support of official power. 'The Moment Has Come to Get Rid of Saddam'
- Some authors aim at a narrative of drama, skipping the plateaux of family life or inner thoughts and move through a series of peaks of achievement.
- The clinician must be well-attuned to the patient when the patient may be in the process of reconstructing schemas, thinking dialectically, recognizing paradox and generating a revised life narrative.
- The narrative was involving, yet contained a couple of irritating lacunae. Times, Sunday Times
- Their readings have roots in and derive their stimulus from historical and political schema of dissent outlined in the biblical narratives.
- They want something with character and a narrative behind it. Times, Sunday Times
- This was the theory of alienation whereby the audience, already familiar with the story line, does not get caught up with the narrative.
- An awesome book - what Robinson is particularly good at is figuring out how Chaplin pieced together out of accident, inspiration and music hall stunt, what turned into complex, archetypal early film narrative.