Narrative and Presentation

Narrative

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

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Presentation and narrative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Presentation" instead a noun "Narrative".

Presentation noun - Something given to someone without expectation of a return.

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Narrative and presentation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Narrative" instead a noun "Presentation".

good	good narrative	good presentation
full	full narrative	full presentation
long	long narrative	long presentation
better	better narrative	better presentation
Other adjectives: common, brief, short, complete, original, popular, decent, personal, straightforward, new, unique, traditional, general, different, lighthearted, visual, overall.

The player will eventually discover that Trip and Grace are both roughly equally at fault for their failed marriage, and the game's narrative and presentation generally don't take sides as to who is more sympathetic.

Source: Video Game / Façade
Narrative beats are not the same as Beats and Beat Panels, which are presentation techniques of pausing the dialogue/action to let something important sink in with the audience (although that "something" is often an underlying narrative beat).

Source: Narrative Beats
In the other narrative however DeWar is his own viewpoint character (ostensibly the story is being related by someone else, but it has no effect on the presentation).

Source: First-Person Peripheral Narrator

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