説 - opinion, theory, explanation

mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

article; discourse; dissertation; (written) argument; commentary

(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

legend; folklore; tradition

speech; address

theory

novel; story; (work of) fiction

emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)

novelist; fiction writer

sermon; preaching; homily

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency