Definition of narration
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Examples of narration in a Sentence
The novel uses first-person narration.
They got a famous actor to do the narration for the documentary.
an actor who does narrations for documentaries
Recent Examples of narration from the Web
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In a less contrived manner, Tilda Swinton (an executive producer) supplies mellow off-screen narration in Bell’s words.
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The live stream at the river is also posted to Explore.org’s Facebook page, where every now and then a park ranger will drop in and offer live narration and bear trivia.
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The video has Higgins touring parts of the Nazi-era concentration camp in Poland and intoning a somber narration, including a scene inside one of the former gas chambers where the Auschwitz Memorial prefers that silence be kept.
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World War Z by Max Brooks with a narration featuring Martin Scorsese.
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There’s plenty of tension built into the piece, which is well-acted by the trio with a mix of narration and dialogue scenes.
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Their visit, and the early days of Oregon's nude recreation, were captured in Miller's colorful narration, printed in the Sunday Oregonian on Aug. 11, 1935.
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State-of-the-art projectors cover the castle’s exterior in vibrant visual effects, while audio narration by the school’s famous Sorting Hat celebrates each of Hogwarts’ four houses—Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin.
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The reader must work to decipher the connections between the narration and the unfolding scenes.
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First Known Use of narration
15th century
Other Literature Terms
NARRATION Defined for English Language Learners
narration
playDefinition of narration for English Language Learners
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: the act or process of telling a story or describing what happens
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: words that are heard as part of a movie, television show, etc., and that describe what is being seen
NARRATION Defined for Kids
narration
playDefinition of narration for Students
1 : the act or process or an instance of telling in full detail I enjoyed his narration of the story.
2 : 1narrative
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