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narration

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The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; story; history.

That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The work deserved its success for its own merits, for despite the narration of many marvellous sights, the author remained urbane and tolerant. He was a superb storyteller with a vivid imagination, who was able to combine the novel with the familiar, and moral exhortation with entertainment. John Mandeville

I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me. Jack Brickhouse

Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's voice-over narration and scenes were added after the fact. Griffin Dunne

In the late 60s and early 70s, I did get interested in voices, and in narration and embodying the voice, making the poem sound like a real person talking. Robert Morgan

I'm working 2 days a week right now, narration usually on Wed., and host on camera on Friday. Robert Stack

The symmetry of form attainable in pure fiction can not so readily be achieved in a narration essentially having less to do with fable than with fact. Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. Herman Melville

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