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Telling stories

narrate

verb

to tell a story in speech or writing

weave

verb

to create a story or plan with many complicated details

retell

verb

to tell a story again or in a different form

spin

verb

to tell a story, especially one that is not true, in an interesting and exciting way

plot

verb

to invent the series of related events that make up the main story in a book, film etc

dine out on

if you dine out on an event or experience, people invite you to meals so that you can tell them about it

storyteller

noun

someone who tells stories

narrative

noun

the process, methods, or skills involved in telling a story

narration

noun

the process of telling a story

mythologise

a British spelling of mythologize

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a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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