Our hope is to call attention to storytelling as an art worth promoting, and to help those outside the storytelling community to distinguish storytelling from other, related forms of human expression. 1. Storytelling Is Interactive. 2. Storytelling Uses Words.. 3.Storytelling Uses Actions Such As Vocalization, Physical Movement And/Or Gesture. 4. Storytelling Presents A Story. 5. Storytelling Encourages The Active Imagination Of The Listeners.