Storytelling

Storytelling is the practice of communicating events or ideas through a structured narrative in spoken, written, visual, or performed forms. It shapes information into sequences that invite interpretation.

Narrative: A representation of connected events arranged or understood as a meaningful sequence. Storytelling is the practice of producing and communicating narratives.
Narrative structure: The organization of a narrative into parts, sequences, or patterns. Structure determines how information and events unfold over the course of a story.
Oral tradition: The transmission of cultural knowledge and expressive works through spoken performance across generations. Oral storytelling preserves and reshapes stories without depending on written texts.
Exposition: The presentation of background information, explanations, or facts, especially in a work of writing. Exposition can inform directly, while storytelling organizes information as events.
Plot: The arrangement of events and causal relations in a narrative. Plot gives a story its designed sequence and momentum.
Suspense: A state of uncertainty and anticipation about what will happen in a narrative. Withholding outcomes keeps audiences anticipating what comes next.
Folklore: The traditional beliefs, customs, and expressive forms shared within a community. Folktales and legends are recurring forms of communal storytelling.
Argumentation: The use of reasons and evidence to support or challenge a claim. Arguments aim to establish claims; stories can persuade through represented events and experience.
Narrative perspective: The position or viewpoint from which a narrative presents events and information. The chosen perspective determines what a story reveals and how events are framed.
Foreshadowing: A narrative technique that hints at events or developments to come. Early clues shape expectations before later events confirm or alter them.

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