This document discusses narrative discourse and its key elements. Narrative discourse involves retelling experiences through a connected sequence of language that matches events. It comprises temporally ordered clauses, and changing their order alters the interpreted chronology. A successful narrative requires contextualization, closure, and stylistic embellishment. It also needs essential structural elements like characters, setting, and plot development according to linguist William Labov. Narrative discourse encompasses how the plot is narrated through devices like flashbacks and involves both a realized text and interactive context. There is disagreement around analyzing narrative units and their interconnections in works like novels.