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The novel uses first-person narration.
They got a famous actor to do the narration for the documentary.
an actor who does narrations for documentaries
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Instead, the boy was creating short films using action figures, adding voice-over narration, and displaying a level of creativity that amazed his mother.
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J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Nila’s retrospective narration, coming over a decade after her first encounter with Marlowe, comments at times on her own lack of understanding and shows a passing awareness of her younger self’s naïveté.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
King confirms the narration is coming back in a big way in season 3.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Voice-over narration resembling an industrial documentary makes a hipster’s reduction of Edna Ferber–style sagas (So Big, Giant).
—Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
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J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
Nila’s retrospective narration, coming over a decade after her first encounter with Marlowe, comments at times on her own lack of understanding and shows a passing awareness of her younger self’s naïveté.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
King confirms the narration is coming back in a big way in season 3.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Voice-over narration resembling an industrial documentary makes a hipster’s reduction of Edna Ferber–style sagas (So Big, Giant).
—Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Narration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/narration. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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narration
noun
nar·ra·tion
na-ˈrā-shən 
nə-
1
: the act or process or an instance of telling a story
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