- narrative, narration, story, tale - 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"
--1 is a kind of message, content, subject matter, substance
--1 has particulars:tearjerker; Canterbury Tales; tall tale; folktale, folk tale; sob story, sob stuff; fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story; nursery rhyme - story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
--2 is a kind of fiction
--2 has parts: climax, culmination; anticlimax, bathos
--2 has particulars:adventure story, heroic tale; mystery, mystery story, whodunit; love story, romance; legend, fable; short story; fable, parable, allegory, apologue; myth; parable; plot - floor, level, storey, story - structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"
--3 is a kind of structure, construction
--3 is a part of building, edifice
--3 has particulars:basement, cellar; ground floor, first floor, ground level; loft, attic, garret; loft; mezzanine, mezzanine floor - history, account, chronicle, story - a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
--4 is a kind of record
--4 has particulars:ancient history; etymology; case history; historical document, historical paper, historical record; annals, chronological record; biography, life, life story, life history; recital - report, news report, story, account, write up - a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
--5 is a kind of news
--5 has particulars:newsletter, newssheet; bulletin; dispatch, despatch, communique; exclusive, scoop - fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle - a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
--6 is a kind of lie, prevarication
--6 has particulars:fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance - floor, level, storey, story - structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"