noun / adjective · academic
narrative
/ˈnærətɪv/NAR·ra·tive
Band 7+speakingtask2
a story or a particular way of presenting events or ideas
Examples
“The film challenges the traditional national narrative.”
“Political narratives shape how voters interpret facts.”
“Her personal narrative made the essay more compelling.”
Band 8 sentence
“Contemporary historians increasingly analyze how national narratives marginalize minority voices.”
Collocations
- dominant narrative
- counter-narrative
- personal narrative
Word family
narrate (verb) verbnarrator (noun) nounnarrative (adj) adjective
Common mistakes
He gave a good narration of events→He presented a compelling narrative of events
the movie's narrative were confusing→the movie's narrative was confusing
Say it for a higher band
5story→6account→7+narrative
Synonyms
story
Easily confused
story
“The journalist told the story of the community's recovery after the flood.”
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