Narrative text
Definition
A narrative is
any report of connected events, presented in a sequence of written or spoken
words, and/or in a sequence of (moving) pictures.
(narrative
text adalah teks yang berisi sebuah cerita baik tertulis ataupun tidak tertulis
dan terdapat rangkaian peristiwa yang saling terhubung).
The purpose of narrative text:
The
purpose of narrative text is to amuse or to entertain the readers with a story.
Kinds
of narrative text
There are a lot of kinds of narrative text. They may
be an imaginary story or a fact or the combination of both. Here are some kinds
of narrative text: fairy
stories, mysteries, science fiction, romances, horror stories, adventure
stories, fables, myths and legends, historical narratives, ballads, slice of
life, personal experience.
Generic
Structure of Narrative Text
ü Orientation : It is about the opening
paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan
tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)
ü Complication : Where the problems in the
story developed. (Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)
ü Resolution : Where the problems in the
story is solved.
ü Re-orientation : The conclusion of the story.
It also tells how the story ends
"happy ending" or maybe
"bad ending".
Language features of narrative text
1. Time signals
One upon a time
Long time ago
Then
Last week
A long long
time ago
2. Verbs:
indicating action in the story. By using Simple Past Tense.
S + V2+O
Ex: - She went to the shop and bought a can of paint.
- She got an
idea.
- He lost in the middle of the town
Example
of Narrative text
Cinderella.
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young
girl named Cinderella. He lived with his step mother and two sisters. They were
arrogant and bad tempered. They treated Cinderella very badly. Her step mother
made Cinderella do the hardest job in the house, such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning
the pot and pan and preparing food for the family. Her step sisters, on the
other hand, did not work on the house. Their mother gave them many pretty
dresses to wear.
One day, a king invited all girls in his
kingdom to attend a ball in his palace. They were excited about this and spent
so much time choosing the dresses they would wear. Cinderella could not stop
crying after they left.
“Why are you crying, Cinderella?” the voice
asked.
She looked up and saw a fairy standing beside
her. Then Cinderella told her why she was crying. Well the fairy said, “you’ve
been such a cheerful, hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I will see that you
go to the ball.” The fairy turned a pumpkin into a coach and mice into a smooth
two coach man and footman then tapped Cinderella’s dress with her wand, and it
became a beautiful ball gown.
Then he gave her a pair of pretty glass shoes.
Now, Cinderella, she said, “you have to leave the ball before midnight”. Then
he drove away a wonderful coach. Cinderella had a marvelous time either. She
danced again and again with the prince. Suddenly the clock began to strike
twelve, she ran toward the door as fast as he could do. In her hurry, one of
her glass shoes left behind.
A few days later, the prince declared that he
would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass shoe. Cinderella’s stepsisters
tried on it but it was too small for them, no matter how hard they squeezed
their toes into it. In the end, the king’s page let Cinderella try the shoe.
She stretched his legs and slipped the shoe on the page. It fitted perfectly.
Finally, she was ushered into a magnificent palace and height. The prince were
glad to see her again. They married and lived happily ever after.
Penjelasan:
- Paragraph pertam adalah Orientation, yaitu pengenalan tokoh-tokoh yang ada pada dongeng Cinderella.
- Paragraf kedua berisi Complication, yaitu masalah muncul ketika Cinderella tidak boleh pergi ke pesta dansa (ball).
- Paragraf ketiga berisi Resolution, yaitu masalah terpecahkan ketika seorang peri menolongnya.
- Paragraf terakhir, berisi Re-Orientation, yaitu akhir cerita yang bahagia dimana akhirnya Cinderella menikah dengan pangeran.
Sura and Baya
A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.
Once, Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat.
"Yummy, this is my lunch," said Baya.
"No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy" said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After several hours, they were very tired.
Feeling tired of fighting; they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never fight again.
One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise.
They fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and Awent back to the sea. Baya was happy.
Answer the questions below based on the text!
1. What is the title of a
narrative text above?
2. How many characters are
in the story? Mention!
3. What animals are Sura
and Baya?
4. What are they fighting
for?
5. What did they do to
stop fighting?
6. Who violates the
agreement between Sura and Baya?
7. Why is the agreement
violated?
8. How’s Baya feeling at
the end of the story?
9. “He was very
hungry..... (Paragraph 6”) what does the word “he” refer to?
10. What lessons can we
learn from the story?
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