Narrative
Narrative noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.
Usage example: in such narratives as “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “The Purloined Letter,” Edgar Allan Poe essentially created the modern detective story
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Synonyms for Narrative
Short story and narrative are semantically related in fairy tale topic. In some cases you can use "Short story" instead a noun "Narrative", when it comes to topics like novella.
Short story
Short story noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.
Usage example: her very first short story was accepted for publication in a local journal
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Synonyms for Short story
Narrative and short story are semantically related in fairy tale topic. You can use "Narrative" instead a noun phrase "Short story", if it concerns topics such as novella, short work of fiction.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- romance and narrative
- romance and short story
- fairy tale and narrative
- fairy tale and short story
- fiction and narrative
- fiction and short story
- fable and narrative
- fable and short story
- account and narrative
- account and short story
- report and narrative
- report and short story
- record and narrative
- record and short story
Both terms in one sentence
- In the short story Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving uses the phrase to wrap up the narrative.
Source: To Make a Long Story Short - This film, one of the earliest uses of film to tell a narrative story—maybe the earliest—was an adaptation of Jefferson's stage play, itself an adaptation of the Washington Irving short story.
Source: Film / Rip Van Winkle -
Whilst many musicals draw their narrative structure directly from the movie, novel, stage play, comic book, short story, ancient Greek myth etc.
Source: All Musicals Are Adaptations
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