narration / narrative | WordReference Forums
May 6, 2012 · Narration usually involves someone telling the story or, within a story, reciting events. "In the recording, James's voice lent an authoritative air to the narration of the events." or "In Treasure …
conditionals in a story narrated in past - WordReference Forums
Jan 28, 2020 · Do conditionals change--like tenses in the reported speech--in a story narrated in past tenses? For example: The eyes of the witnesses of the event would have fallen out if they hadn't …
account of events - WordReference Forums
Mar 26, 2020 · As a noun, narrative refers to the story being told. It is the account of events, experiences, and details. What does "events" exactly mean in the given context?
Frame Narrative - WordReference Forums
Jan 7, 2009 · Hello All, I'm wondering if there's an equivalent term in Spanish for what we call in literary criticism a "frame narrative"--i.e. a story within a story, like "One Thousand and One Nights" or …
Present perfect vs past tense [telling a story / narrative ...
Apr 11, 2016 · The narrator is telling the story as if it were completed past, e.g. the robbery happened last year, and therefore he tells it in simple past. The characters have a different timeline; you are …
He flipped the narrative - WordReference Forums
Dec 26, 2021 · It basically means that he turned the story around so that it went in the opposite direction – towards himself. To divert attention away from the fact that he’d lost the election, he countered the …
Through or throughout the story? - WordReference Forums
Apr 25, 2018 · I'm describing a novel, and I want to say that the characters evolve as you read the story and reach the end. "You can see how the characters evolve through the story." OR: "You can see …
yarn (story) - WordReference Forums
Aug 11, 2013 · yarn 2. Informal A long, often elaborate narrative of real or fictitious adventures; an entertaining tale. So perhaps a "yarn" is characterized by length/elaborateness rather than falsehood?
tense in retelling a story - WordReference Forums
Jan 3, 2013 · The present tense is normally used to bring immediacy to the story, of the kind that holds the listeners wide-eyed in anticipation of the next moment. It is a form of theatre, which to some …
intradiegetic narrator / extradiegetic narrator - WordReference Forums
Dec 6, 2013 · The narrator, if personified, can have a range of different sorts of relationship with the actions and events described in a novel. He or she may be an 'intradiegetic narrator' — an actor with …