Narrative Text

What is Narrative Text?

A narrative text is a piece of text which tells a story and entertains the reader or listener. A narrative often includes an orentation, a conflict and a resolution. A narrative is usually fiction or a made - up story. Example: A short story, a novel, a play, a fable.

Purpose of Narrative Text?

The purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

Generic Structure of  Narrative Text

• Orientation: It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced (person, time, and place)
• Complication: where the problems in the story developed.
• Resolution: where the problems in the story is solved.

Sometimes (generic structure) narrative text can be contained: Orientation, Complication, Evaluation, Resolution, and Reorientation. Even though “Evaluation” and “Reorientation” it is optional; can be added or not. Evaluation contains of controlling and evaluating a love adventure or conflict. Reorientation contains the conclusion of the end story.

Language Feature of Narrative Text

• Past tense (killed, drunk, etc)
• Adverb of time (Once upun a time, one day, etc)
• Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)
• Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general. (Cinderella, Snow White, Alibaba, etc)
• Action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked, etc)
• Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. (Snow White said,”My name is Snow White). The direct speech uses present tense.

Example Of Narrative Text

Snow White

Orientation

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named snow white. She lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents were died.

Complication 

One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go America and they didn’t have enough money to sake Snow White.

Snow White did not want her Uncle and Aunt to do this, so she decided it would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods.

Resolution 

Then she saw this little cottage she knocked but no one answered, so she went inside and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, “what is your name?” Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.” Doc, one of the dwarfs, said, “If you wish, you may live here with us. “Snow White said, “Oh could I? Thank you. “Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and finally Snow White and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.

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