Story
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A sequence of events
- A narrative, more specifically:
- A piece of literature (also known as a tale):
- Novel or specifically, an epistolary novel
- Short story or a novella
- Frame tale, a narrative technique
- Fable, fairy tale or tall tale
- Play, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters
- Anecdote, a brief tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident
- Bedtime story, an entertaining or instructive, soporific, and often extemporaneous tale for a child
- Urban legend,
- A piece of literature (also known as a tale):
- Plot, the storyline holding a narrative together (also in the context of movies)
- An essay or news article, in journalism slang
- A depiction of history
- In older American slang, a soap opera, (e.g., “I’ll talk to you later; my story is on.”)
- A happening in real life
- Along with parable, a basic principle or pattern of the human mind
- A comic which is a graphic novel where the actions of event's are drawn rather than written, a comic is usually written though as a short story book with many issues to collect
- Interactive story
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Etymology
From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to research, inquire (and) record”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the knowing, wise one”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Doublet of history and storey.
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Namesakes
- A Cock and Bull Story
- A Story of Sin
- Cruel Story of Youth
- Dream Story
- Love Story
- Story of O
- Story of the Eye
- The Las Vegas Story
- The Zoo Story
- "This is not a story" by Diderot
- Human-interest story
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See also
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