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• Story-telling — Sto ry tell ing, a. Being accustomed to tell stories. n. The act or practice of telling stories. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• story-telling — noun Story telling is used before these nouns: ↑tradition …   Collocations dictionary

• story telling — narration, telling of tales, recounting of stories …   English contemporary dictionary

• story-telling — see storytelling …   English dictionary

• story-telling — …   Useful english dictionary

• Story within a story — A story within a story, also rendered story within a story, is a literary device in which one narrative is presented during the action of another narrative. Mise en abyme is the French term for a similar literary device (also referring to the… …   Wikipedia

• story — 1 *account, report, chronicle, version Analogous words: *history, chronicle, annals: relation, rehearsing, recital, recounting (see corresponding verbs at RELATE) 2 Story, narrative, tale, anecdote, yarn all denote a recital of happenings less… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Story Salon — is Los Angeles’s longest running storytelling venue. What began as an alternative to stand up clubs and self conscious performance spaces has been challenging performers and audiences for more than a decade. Created in a North Hollywood coffee… …   Wikipedia

• story — story1 [stôr′ē] n. pl. stories [ME storie < OFr estoire < L historia: see HISTORY] 1. the telling of a happening or connected series of happenings, whether true or fictitious; account; narration 2. an anecdote or joke 3. a) a fictitious… …   English World dictionary

• telling — tell|ing1 [ˈtelıŋ] adj 1.) having a great or important effect = ↑significant ▪ a telling argument 2.) showing the true character or nature of someone or something, often without being intended telling comment/example/detail etc >tellingly adv… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• telling — [[t]te̱lɪŋ[/t]] tellings 1) N VAR The telling of a story or of something that has happened is the reporting of it to other people. Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga... These stories grow in the telling. 2) ADJ GRADED If… …   English dictionary