Related Words for narrative

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WordSyllablesCategories
story
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Noun, Noun
communicative
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Noun, Adjective
narration
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Adjective, Noun
tale
/
Noun, Noun
recital
x/x
Noun, Noun
yarn
/
Noun, Noun
storytelling
/xxx
Noun
storyline
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Noun
filmic
/x
Adjective
discourse
/x
Noun
novelistic
xx/x
Adjective
backstory
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Noun
historiographic
/xx/x
Adjective
fiction
/x
Noun
retelling
x/x
Noun
biographical
xx/xx
Name
discursive
x/x
Adjective
thematic
x/x
Adjective
fable
/x
Noun
cinematic
xx/x
Adjective
prose
/
Noun
expository
x/xxx
Noun, Adjective
allegory
/xxx
Noun
autobiographical
xxxx/xx
Adjective
allegorical
xx/xx
Adjective
poetic
x/x
Adjective
dialogue
/xx
Noun
dramatization
xxx/x
Noun
prologue
/x
Noun
historical
x/xx
Noun
episodic
xx/x
Adjective
didactic
x/x
Adjective
overarching
/xxx
Adjective
textual
/xx
Adjective
plot
/
Noun
chronological
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
scenic
/x
Noun
recitative
xxxx
Noun
comic
/x
Adjective
documentary
xx/xx
Noun
scripted
/x
Adjective
stylized
/x
Adjective
choreographic
xxx/x
Adjective
theatrical
x/xx
Adjective
starring
/x
Verb
straight
/
Adjective
in medias res
x/xxx
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective, Noun
filmy
/x
Adjective
serialized
/xxx
Verb
performative
x/xx
Adjective
fabulous
/xx
Adjective
subtitled
/xx
Verb
split screen
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
emergent
x/x
Adjective
filmed
/
Verb
occasional
x/xx
Adjective
true
/
Adjective
period
/xx
Noun
slow burn
/x
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
camp
/
Noun
animated
/xxx
Adjective
live
/
Verb
staged
/
Verb
onstage
x/
Adverb, Adjective
pym
/
Name
lukan
xx
Adjective
ark
/
Adjective
markan
/x
Adjective
matthean
/xx
Adjective
suspenseful
x/x
Adjective
picaresque
xx/
Adjective
ovidian
x/xx
Adjective
lyric
/x
Noun
unfolds
x/
Verb
captivity
x/xx
Noun
interrupts
xx/
Verb
weave
/
Verb
johannine
/x/x
Adjective
engrossing
x/x
Adjective
biblical
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Adjective
gospel
/x
Adjective
mythic
/x
Adjective
resumes
x/
Verb
epic
/x
Adjective
replete
x/
Adverb
artless
/x
Adjective
epistolary
x/xxx
Adjective
expedition
xx/x
Noun
connected
x/x
Adjective
frames
/
Verb
voyage
/x
Noun
coherent
x/x
Adjective
disjointed
x/x
Adjective
thread
/
Noun
seamless
/x
Adjective
constructs
x/
Verb
protagonist
x/xx
Noun
recounts
x/
Verb
fictitious
x/x
Adjective
readable
/xx
Adjective
engaging
x/x
Adjective
omniscient
x/x
Adjective
eclipse
x/
Noun
travels
/x
Noun
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
interspersed
xx/
Verb
oedipal
/xx
Adjective
adventures
x/x
Noun
confessional
x/xx
Adjective
straightforward
//x
Adjective
interwoven
xx/x
Verb
telling
/x
Noun
compelling
x/x
Adjective
climax
/x
Noun
mythical
/xx
Adjective
thrilling
/x
Adjective
homeric
x/x
Adjective
fictive
/x
Adjective
teleological
xxx/xx
Adjective
scriptural
/xx
Adjective
explorations
xx/x
Noun
grand
/
Adjective
entertaining
xx/x
Adjective
narrator
/xx
Noun
reply
x/
Adverb
nonfiction
x/x
Adjective
mythological
xx/xx
Adjective
progresses
/xx
Verb
genre
/x
Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
allusive
x/x
Adjective
anecdotal
xx/x
Adjective
biography
x/xx
Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
briefing
/x
Noun
caption
/x
Noun, Verb
chronicle
/xx
Noun, Verb
chronology
x/xx
Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
commentary
/xxx
Noun
conclusion
x/x
Noun
depiction
x/x
Noun
described
x/
Adjective
description
x/x
Noun
descriptive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
design
x/
Noun, Verb
doctrine
/x
Noun
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
enumeration
xxx/x
Noun
ethnographic
xx/x
Adjective
explanation
xx/x
Noun
explanatory
x/xxx
Adjective
exposed
x/
Adjective
exposition
xx/x
Noun
exposure
x/x
Noun
exposé
xx
Noun
fairy story
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
folktale
/x
Noun
formulaic
xx/x
Adjective
formulation
xx/x
Noun
friendly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
genealogy
xx/xx
Noun
heroic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
history
/xx
Noun, Verb
homiletic
xx/x
Adjective
icelandic
x/x
Adjective, Name
illustrative
x/xx
Adjective
impressionistic
xxx/x
Adjective
interpretation
xxx/x
Noun
introduction
xx/x
Noun
memoir
/x
Noun
myth
/
Noun
naturalistic
xxx/x
Adjective
note
/
Noun, Verb
nursery rhyme
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
observation
xx/x
Noun
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
overview
/xx
Noun, Verb
parable
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
picture
/x
Noun, Verb
portrayal
x/x
Noun
presentation
xx/x
Noun
profile
/x
Noun, Verb
recitation
xx/x
Noun
recollection
xx/x
Noun
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
relation
x/x
Noun
remarks
x/
Noun, Verb
rhetorical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
sob story
//x
Phrase, Noun
speech
/
Noun, Verb
statement
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
style
/
Noun, Verb
submission
x/x
Noun
tall tale
//
Phrase, Noun
text
/
Noun, Verb
theme
/
Noun, Verb
understanding
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
wording
/x
Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
written
/x
Adjective
expression
x/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
collocation
xx/x
Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
dialect
/xx
Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
cloth
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Noun