Narration and Summary

Narration

Narration noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.

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Summary and narration are semantically related In some cases you can use "Summary" instead a noun "Narration".

Summary noun - A short statement of the main points.

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Narration and summary are semantically related in language topic. Sometimes you can use "Narration" instead a noun "Summary".

full	full narration	full summary
detailed	detailed narration	detailed summary
brief	brief narration	brief summary
short	short narration	short summary
Other adjectives: complete, original, simple, actual, entire, dry, little, quick, vague, final, hilarious, above, comic, previous.

Summary: Though Endless Sands is a dark, somewhat AU, somewhat narration, and very subtle story from Ulquiorra's view point after the kidnapping of Orihime.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Bleach
The original version had a short summary of the episode at the start, as well as a more typical narration after the opening — Usagi explaining the plot of the series.

Source: Opening Narration
This is explained by the author as a result of him trying to make every chapter like a summary of a TV episode instead of working on a good narration.

Source: Fan Fic / My Little Unicorn

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