Since it's not clear who 'the tell stories' are, it's difficult to say what they do. But if we assume it's about people who tell stories, they would be sharing tales, perhaps passing on cultural knowledge, entertaining an audience, or teaching moral lessons through their narratives.
Yes, they do. They can tell stories of the weather. For instance, when clouds start to darken and gather, it's a story of an upcoming storm. If they are thin and scattered, it might be a story of a calm and sunny day ahead.
You can often tell by the dialogue tags like 'he said' or 'she exclaimed'. Sometimes, the context and the character's personality and speech style give it away.
To distinguish whether an article was a story, a novel, or an essay, one could usually start from the following aspects:
1. Reading structure: The story usually has a clear beginning, development, climax, and ending. The structure is relatively simple and clear. Fictions were usually more complicated, with more in-depth plots and character creation. The structure of prose was relatively free. It was usually based on the author's personal experience, observation, feelings, or thoughts about nature, life, society, etc., and was constructed through free and imaginative words.
2. Ways of expression: The story is usually narrated and focuses on description and discussion. Fictions, on the other hand, usually focused on description and character creation and plot design. Prose, on the other hand, focused more on expressing the author's thoughts and feelings through a combination of descriptions, discussions, and lyricism.
3. Forms of literature: Both stories and essays can have narration, description, discussion, and other forms of expression. However, novels usually pay more attention to the shaping of characters and plots, and the forms of literature are more diverse. Prose, on the other hand, focused more on expressing the author's emotions and thoughts. The literary form was relatively simple.
4. The theme and content: The story usually focuses on the revelation of the theme and the design of the plot. The content is relatively simple and mainly focuses on the plot. The novel focused more on the exploration of the theme and the creation of characters. The content was also more colorful and could involve society, history, culture, human nature and so on. Prose, on the other hand, was more focused on expressing the author's thoughts and emotions. The content was more free and usually involved the author's personal experience, feelings, or thoughts about nature, life, society, and so on.
In summary, one could judge whether an article was a story, a novel, or a prose based on the above aspects. Of course, these standards might not be absolute for the works of different authors.
Yes, they might. In some folktales or children's stories, animals are often given the ability to talk and tell stories. Rooks, being intelligent birds, could be imagined to have their own tales to share, perhaps about their adventures in the forest or their experiences building nests.
Yes, they do. Documentaries often revolve around a central theme or topic which is presented in a narrative form. For example, a nature documentary about the life cycle of a particular species will tell the story of how that species is born, grows, reproduces, and faces challenges in its environment. This is a form of storytelling, even though it's based on real - life facts and events.
In general, animals do not tell stories. Their communication is limited to simple signals. For example, a cat may purr when it's content or hiss when it's angry. This is not storytelling but a way to convey its current state.
No, animals don't tell stories in the way humans do. Stories are a complex form of communication that involves language, plot, and intention. While animals can communicate basic information like danger or food location, they don't have the cognitive ability to create and convey stories.