Story

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Template:Wiktionary Story has several different meanings as described below.

As literature, a story, also known as a tale, may refer to:
- Novel or specifically, an epistolary novel
- Short story or a novella.
- Plot, or storyline holding a story together, and as such is also used in the context of plays and movies
- Frame tale, a narrative technique
- Fable, fairy tale or tall tale
- Play, a form of literature, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters
- Anecdote, a brief tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident
Article, in journalism, slang for study
Organization story, in organization studies, a is fragmented, collectively enacted, and co-constructed.
Bedtime story, an entertaining or instructive, soporific, and often extemporaneous tale for a child.
User story is a way of illustrating software requirements, often used in extreme programming
A depiction of history

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

A story or storey can also mean a floor of a building
Stories (band) was an American rock group formed by Ian Lloyd and Michael Brown of The Left Banke

See also