Story
'''Story''' has several different meaning as outlined below.
- As literature, a story, also known as a tale, may refer to:
- * A novel or specifically an epistolary novel
- * A short story
- * 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 tale of an animal'')
- * An anecdote.
- In journalistic slang, a written piece or article.
- A depiction of history.
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.)