Tra từ story - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different kinds of story
2 telling a story
3 describing a story
see also BOOK, READ, WRITE

1 different kinds of story
- a description of true or invented people and events: story
a detective story ◎ a love story ◎ a book of fairy/ghost stories ◎ He insisted on telling me his entire life story.
- a book that tells a story about people and events that are not real: novel
- a piece of writing that is shorter than a novel: short story
- a short story which people tell as part of a conversation: anecdote
Henry's always telling anecdotes about his experiences in the army.
- an invented story which you tell to make people laugh: joke
- a story told with pictures, usually found in newspapers and magazines: comic strip, strip cartoon
- stories, novels, etc which describe events and people that do not really exist: fiction (noun U); adjective: fictional
Do you read mainly fiction or non-fiction? ◎ a fictional account of life on a banana boat
- fiction which is about what the world may be like in the future: science fiction (noun U)
- a story which is divided into parts, especially for a magazine or for TV or radio: serial; to make a story into a serial: serialize sth
There's a serial about a family during the war on Radio Four every Friday at five.
- a book or film that is a continuation of a story: sequel (to sth)
- an old story about sth which may or may not be true: legend
the legend of King Arthur and the Round Table
- a very old story about gods and heroes: myth; adjective: mythical
My favourite Greek myth is the one about Narcissus. ◎ a mythical hero
- myths in general: mythology (noun U); adjective: mythological
- a story, often with animals as characters, which teaches a lesson about right and wrong actions: fable
Aesop's Fables
- a story in the Bible, which teaches a lesson about right and wrong actions: parable
the parable of the prodigal son

2 telling a story
- to say or write the events of a story: tell* (sb) a story
Tell me a story, Grandpa!
- to tell sb a story by reading to them from a book: read* sb a story
- a book which has stories written in it: story book
- to tell sb about sth which happened to you: (formal) relate sth (to sb)
The police asked me to relate the events of the night before.
- a person who tells a story: storyteller
Old Fred was a great storyteller. You could listen to him for hours.
- the person who tells the story in a film, book, etc: narrator

3 describing a story
- the name of a story: title; (used about a story or a book) named: entitled
What's the title of that novel you're reading at the moment? ◎ a story entitled 'Italian Adventure'
- a lot of children's stories begin with the words once upon a time
- something which happens in a story: event, incident
The events in this story were all invented by the writer - none of them are true. ◎ The narrator relates a number of incidents from his childhood.
- the important events in a story: plot
a simple/complicated plot ◎ to think up a plot
- a person who takes part in the events of a story: character
there are three main characters in this story, a mother and her two sons.
- the most important male character in a story: hero (plural heroes); the most important female character: heroine
- the place and time at which a story happens: setting; to place the action of a story in a particular place and/or time: set* sth in a place/time
The story is set in 19th-century Dublin.
- to describe the time and the place at which the story happened: set the scene
The first chapter of the novel sets the scene in great detail.
- the part of a story, usually near the end, where we feel most afraid or excited: climax
The climax comes when the professor takes out a gun and turns to face his wife.
- the last part of a story: ending
Everyone likes a story with a happy ending.
- what a story is really about: theme
The theme of this story is love and money.
- the reason for telling a story: point
The point of this story is that if you work hard, you will succeed. ◎ I'm afraid I don't get (= understand) the point. Why did they steal the car? ◎ No! You've missed (= not understood) the point completely!