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What is a narration within a narration called?

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Story within a story.

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What is Narration?
Narration is the telling of a story. Any story, either told from 3rd person, 1st or 2nd. It is mostly telling a story, of events that have happened. It can also mean description, explanation,...
First-person narration is narration by whom?
a person involved in the story.
How do you change direct narration into indirect narration?
You "step back" out of first or third person and make things past tense and as if you were reporting to a newspaper or TV reporter. Example:Joe leaped up and caught the foul ball. This is direct...
Examples of narration?
Come and listen to my story bout a man named Jed, a poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed. Call me Ishmael. There are strange things done in the mid-night sun by the men who moil for gold. Once...
Why is narration used?
To imply and to give description.