NARRATIVE TEXT

A. Definition:
1. Narrative text is a text tells about a story.
2. Narrative text is a text contains a fairytail.
3. Narrative text is a text contains story which is able to entertain people.
Narrative text is an imaginative story which aims to entertain/ amuse the readers.
B. Purpose: to entertain/ amuse the readers.
C. Kinds:
1. Legend: generally, it is a history of a particular place or thing.
Example: The legend of “Rana Mese”, the legend of “Sano Nggoang”, dsb.
2. Fayritale. Example: Cinderrela, Timung Te’e, dsb.
3. Fable.
4. Etc..
D. Generic Structure:
1. Orientation: It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the
story are introduced.
2. Complication: Where the problem in the story is developed.
3. Resolution: Where the problem in the story is solved.
4. Re-orientation:it shows the end of the story.
E. Language features:
1. The use of simple past tense. (were, was, lived, etc.)
2. The use of direct and indirect speech.
3. Noun (characters and things)
4. Conjunction: then, after that, at last, finally, dsb.
5. Adverbs of time: a long time ago, once upon a time, one day, in the morning, the next
day, etc.
F. Example:
“The Mousedeer and The Crocodile”

One day, little Mousedeer went to the river. He was hungry. He could see leaves and
fruit on the other side of the river. Now, in the river there was a Crocodile. The Crocodile was
hungry too. He wanted to eat little Mousedeer.
 When Crocodile saw little Mousedeer, he said, “Do you want to get to the other side
ofthe river? I can help you”. Little Mousedeer did not want Crocodile to help him. “Crocodile
will not help me”, he said to himself. “He will eat me”. So, little Mousedeer said, “The king
wants me to count how many Crocodiles there are in the river.” “Make a line in the river,”
said Little Mousedeer. “Then I can count how many Crocodiles there are.” So all the
Crocodiles made a line in the river.
Then, Little Mousedeer jumped on the first Crocodile. As he jumped Little
Mousedeer said, “One.” Then he jumped on the next Crocodile. As he jumped Little
Mousedeer said, “Two.” Then he jumped on the next Crocodile and the next and the next. As
he jumped he said, “Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine...” When he jumped on the last
Crocodile he said, “ Ten! ”
By now, Little Mousedeer was on the other side of the river. “How many of us are
there?” said Crocodile. “There are ten,” said Little Mousedeer, “and they are all like you –
foolish!” Then Little Mousedeer went off to eat leaves and fruit but Crocodile was still
hungry.

Exercise: (When English Rings a Bell, page 216).