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Discover LudwigThe phrase "text narrates" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how a piece of writing conveys a story or information.
Example: "In this chapter, the text narrates the protagonist's journey through the forest."
Alternatives: "the text describes" or "the text recounts".
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Text narrates battle events and actions such as finding a bag or gaining a weapon.
A Tamil text narrates how Ravana once asks for Parvati as boon from her husband Shiva, however Vishnu – disguised as a sage – deludes Ravana into believing Shiva granted him an illusionary Parvati.
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Clark's nuanced performance illustrates the amazing text, narrated in voice-over, which describes the complicated love that can exist between the colonized and the colonizer — and the betrayal that lies at the heart of it.
Russell shot this in the style of the silent films of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, with the text narrated in a voice-over.
In the Scarlet Letter, for example, Hawthorne begins the book with an introduction to the text, narrated by an individual who has many autobiographical details in common with the author.
The final texts narrate her eventual downfall at the hands of what Grossman calls a "misogynistic hierarchy".
Jain texts narrate how even Māhavīra, one of the most popular propagators of Jainism and the 24th (ford-maker), had to bear the brunt of his previous karma before attaining kevala jñāna (enlightenment).
Many texts narrate how Kalmashapada was cursed to die if he had intercourse with his queen, so he obtained a son from Vashishtha by niyoga, an ancient tradition whereby a husband can nominate another man to impregnate his wife.
When he gets to Matilda and her casket of diamonds, he says in a faraway endnote that some scholars have doubted this tale, but in his main text he narrates it enthusiastically.
Another 11th-century reference to the Vlachs' country appears to be the section of the ancient Turkic chronicle Oghuzname ('Oghuz Khan's Tale'), preserved in a 17th-century text, which narrates the battles of the Cumans against several peoples, including the Vlachs (Ulak).
Known for her impeccable diction — she was a former radio actress — and scrupulous fealty to the text, Mrs. Gibson narrated everything from "The Wind in the Willows" to capacious adult books like "Pride and Prejudice" (11 hours, 41 minutes) and "Middlemarch," which spans 31 hours, 7 minutes, over 24 cassettes, an effort that took her more than 10 weeks in the studio.
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