a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
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narration
an account describing incidents or events; "after dinner he told the children stories of his adventures"
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history
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"
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teaching
a doctrine that is taught; "the teaching of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"