narration

noun

Etymology: From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ion.

1. The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.

   “The film used voice-over narration to explain the story.”

   “His calm narration made the documentary easy to follow.”

2. That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
3. That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.