Stories

Story has several different meanings as described below.

• As literature, a story, also known as a tale, may refer to:
  • A novel or specifically, an epistolary novel
  • A short story or a novella.
  • The plot, or storyline holding a story together, and as such is also used in the context of plays and movies
  • A frame tale
  • A fable, fairy tale or tall tale (a tale should not be confused with a tail, as in the tail of an animal)
  • An anecdote.
• In journalistic slang, a written piece or article.
• In organization studies, a organization story is fragmented, collectively enacted, and co-constructed.
• A bedtime story, an entertaining or instructive, soporific, and often extemporaneous tale for a child.

• A depiction of history.

• A tall tale or fabrication.

American usage

• In older American slang, a 'story' referred to soap opera programs (eg. I'll talk to you later, Ethel; my stories are on.)

Other

• A story or storey can also mean a floor of a building.

See also

• Storytelling
• Story arc