what is a story telling format

http://storymind.com/content/categories/storytelling.htm

i mean like how do we know what it is basically the definition of it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytelling

well we are watching this movie and the question is what story telling format is used in the story so what do i say?

I have no idea. What did your teacher say about story telling formats? What does your book say?

nothing she didn't explain anything just told us to watch the movie and answer the question

there is no book