narrative, narration, story, tale (noun)

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

"his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

narration, recital, yarn (noun)

the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events

"his narration was hesitant"

narration (noun)

(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

narration (Noun)

The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.

narration (Noun)

That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.

narration (Noun)

That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Narration

Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the audience, particularly about the plot (the series of events). Narration is a required element of all written stories (novels, short stories, poems, memoirs, etc.), with the function of conveying the story in its entirety. However, narration is merely optional in most other storytelling formats, such as films, plays, television shows, and video games, in which the story can be conveyed through other means, like dialogue between characters or visual action.