Story

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Story can mean:

Contents 1 A sequence of events 2 Other uses 3 Place names 4 See also 5 References

[edit] A sequence of events

• A narrative, more specifically:
  • A piece of literature (also known as a tale):
    • Novel or specifically, an epistolary novel
    • Short story or a novella
    • Frame tale, a narrative technique
    • Fable, fairy tale or tall tale
    • Play, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters
    • Anecdote, a brief tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident
  • A branching narrative, such as in a gamebook or certain video games
  • Bedtime story, an entertaining or instructive, soporific, and often extemporaneous tale for a child
  • Urban legend
• Plot, the underlying structure holding a narrative together (also in the context of movies)
• An essay or news article, in journalism slang
• Organization story, in organization studies, is fragmented, collectively enacted, and co-constructed
• User story is a way of illustrating software requirements, often used in extreme programming
• A depiction of history
• In older American slang, a soap opera, (e.g., "I'll talk to you later; my story is on.")
• A happening in real life
• Along with parable, a basic principle or pattern of the human mind^[1]

[edit] Other uses

• A floor of a building is also called a story or storey. It typically corresponds to a height of 8 to 14 feet, and usually approximately 10 feet in commercial buildings.[1]
• Story, an American literary magazine from 1931 to 1999.
• Stories (band), an American rock group formed by Ian Lloyd and Michael Brown of The Left Banke
• The Story (band), a folk-pop duo featuring Jonatha Brooke and Jennifer Kimball
• The Story (album), a 2006 album by Bizzy Bone
• The Story with Dick Gordon, an interview program produced by North Carolina Public Radio and distributed by American Public Media
• The Story (Brandi Carlile album), an album by folk rock singer Brandi Carlile.
• A Story, an album by Yoko Ono

[edit] Place names

• Story, Indiana, a village in Brown County, Indiana
• Story City, Iowa, a city in Story County, Iowa, originally named "Fairview"
• Story County, Iowa, a county in Central Iowa

[edit] See also

• Antenarrative
• Story (surname)
• Storytelling
• Story arc
• Sjuzhet
• Organization story
• Organizational storytelling

[edit] References

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