What is the difference between expository and narrative?
expository | narrative |
Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
Telling a story.
Overly talkative; garrulous.
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Of or relating to narration.
The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
That which is narrated.
A representation of an event or story.
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As adjectives the difference between expository and narrative
is that expository is serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition while narrative is telling a story.As a noun narrative is
the systematic recitation of an event or series of events.expository
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Adjective
(-)- Practicing expository writing will teach you to explain complex concepts clearly.
narrative
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Adjective
(en adjective)- But wise through time, and narrative with age.
- the narrative thrust of a film