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narration

narration

2 5.9
Giving the facts and background after the introduction
  • noun
  • /nəˈreɪʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : narración
  • Part II.B provides a narration of the facts of the Till murder and trial.

Examples

  • In her speech, she included a clear narration of the events leading up to the decision.

  • Copyright also restricts the public narration of myths or histories that relate to local events of the past.

    Academic text (1990)
  • According to Hugh, the historical level is the immediate sense of the narration of events contained in a given biblical text.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So we're switching to the third person narration and a very jolting outside view of Henry Morgan.

  • Further evidence within the narration of this episode serves to cast doubt on Dorotea's innocence.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Before finding the answer to this question, let us have another look at the narration of Ibn al-Dhurays.

    Blog text (16)
  • Persons, things, events, and landscapes remain the point and cause of the message in narration, the subject being their mediator, commentator, and so on.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Chapters 11 and 12, marked by the arrival of the Whitebird, contain only third-person past-tense narration.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The author's narration effectively presented the key facts of the historical event.

  • His presentation included a detailed narration that outlined the sequence of events in the trial.

Synonyms

report
vsnarration
1.3

A written or spoken account that gives information about something

is the speech part presenting facts to support the speaker's case
testimony
vsnarration
  • Formal
791 3.2

A formal spoken or written statement given in court as evidence

is the speech section giving facts for a case not necessarily legal evidence
account
vsnarration
466 3.0

A report that describes what happened

is the rhetorical section presenting case facts not any general report
telling
vsnarration
92 2.7

The act of saying what happened or giving facts to others

is the formal speech stage presenting case facts rather than casual speech
relation
vsnarration
38 3.9

A spoken or written description of what happened

is specifically the speech section that sets out case facts after introduction
exposition
vsnarration
16 5.5

A clear explanation of an idea or subject that makes it easy to understand

is the speech stage that states case facts not an explanation of ideas
recounting
vsnarration
3 3.8

An account of events told in detail

is used to present the facts of a case within a speech sequence
narratio
vsnarration
  • Formal
9.9

The part of a speech that gives the facts of a case

is the rhetorical section after an introduction presenting the facts of the case

How Detailed

narrative
336 3.9
exposition
16 5.5
narration
  • Formal
2 5.9
statement
  • Formal
1.3

Surface Forms

narration singular
narrations plural

Morphology

narration = narrate (transparent) = narrate + ion

The rhetorical sense is a specialized instantiation of 'the act of narrating', formed by the same verb + '-ion' nominalization.

Etymology

Narration comes from the Latin verb narrare, 'to tell', and in speeches it is the part where someone lays out the facts. So in law or public speaking the narration is the clear telling of the background and events.