Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named Auretto, all people lived

peacefully there. One of them was Charlita, the king’s daughter who was
assumed as the most beautiful and kindest Princess of Auretto.
One day, Charlita looked blue. Because of that her father got confused.
“What’s the matter my beautiful daughter? Why are you so sad?” asked King
Fernando. Charlita was just silent. She did not say anything.
Then, King Fernando decided to make a competition to cheer Charlita again.
After that, the palace representative announce: “I will make a competition.
The aim is to make my daughter, Princess Charlita to be happy and laugh
again. Everyone who can do it, will get a prize. It will be held tomorrow
when the sun rises. Sign: King Fernando.”
The following morning, everybody came to the palace, tried to give their
best performance. They seemed happy and laugh, but not for Princess
Charlita. She was just silent and still looked sad.
King Fernando started to give up. No one amused his daughter. Then, there
came a young handsome man. “Excuse me King Fernando. I would like to
join your competition. But, would you mind if I took Princess Charlita for a
walk?” said the young man gently. “As long as you make my daughter be
happy again, it will totally alright.” said King Fernando. The young handsome
man took Princess Charlita for a walk in a beautiful blue lake with a green
forest around it. Princess Charlita smiled and looked happy after that. Every
body looked happy, too. “I know why are you so my beautiful daughter.
Now, I promise I will environment green. I regret for always destroying it.
Finally, the environment around the kingdom became so beautiful and
green, full of plants. Then, the young handsome man got a prize from the
king. “I will marry you off my daughter.” said him. “That is the prize I
promise for you. Thanks for keeping our environment well. Thanks for
making my daughter happy again.”

Contoh Narrative Text (2)

The Legend of Rawa Pening

Once upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village.
He was very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for
some food, but nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little
boy.

Finally, a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal.
When the boy wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big
wooden mortar for pounding rice. She reminded him, “please remember, if
there is a flood you must save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”. The
“lesung” was happy and thanked the old woman.The little boy continued his
journey. While he was passing through the village, he saw many people
gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw a stick stuck in the
ground. People challenged each other to pull out that stick. Everybody tried,
but nobody succeeded. “Can I try?” asked the little boy. The crowd laughed
mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so he stepped forward and pulled
out the stick. He could do it very easily. Everybody was dumbfounded.

Suddenly, from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until
it flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the little
boy and the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As she
told him, he used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old woman. The
whole village became a huge lake. It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in
Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia.

Penjelasan Narrative Text (untuk tingkat Mahir)

 
Untuk mengetahui definisi dan penjelasan tentang narration (narrative text)
sobat mahasiswa dan mahasiswi bisa membaca buku buku tentang writing di
perpustakaan terdekat dan terlengkap, dan disini saya hanya akan
mengutipkan pendapat Thomas S. Kane (2000: 363-364) di bawah ini:

A narrative is a meaningful sequence of events told in words. It is sequential

in that the events are ordered, not merely random. Sequence always
involves an arrangement in time (and usually other arrangements as well). A
straightforward movement from the first event to the last constitutes the
simplest chronology. However, chronology is sometimes complicated by
presenting the events in another order: for example, a story may open with
the final episode and then flash back to all that preceded it.

A narrative has meaning in that it conveys an evaluation of some kind. The

writer reacts to the story he or she tells, and states or implies that reaction.
This is the "meaning," sometimes called the "theme," of a story. Meaning
must always be rendered. The writer has to do more than tell us the truth he
sees in the story; he must manifest that truth in the characters and the
action.

Characters and action are the essential elements of any story. Also
important, but not as essential, is the setting, the place where the action
occurs. Characters are usually people—sometimes actual people, as in
history books or newspaper stories, sometimes imaginary ones, as in novels.
Occasionally characters are animals (as in an Aesop fable), and sometimes a
dominant feature of the environment functions almost like a character (the
sea, an old house).

The action is what the characters say and do and anything that happens to
them, even if it arises from a nonhuman source—a storm, for instance, or a
fire. Action is often presented in the form of a plot. Action is, so to speak,
the raw material; plot, the finished product, the fitting together of the bits
and pieces of action into a coherent pattern. Usually, though not invariably,
plot takes the form of a cause-and effect chain: event A produces event B; B
leads to C; C to D; and so on until the final episode, X. In a well-constructed
plot of this kind we can work back from X to A and see the connections that
made the end of the story likely and perhaps inevitable.

Stories can be very long and complicated, with many characters, elaborate
plots, and subtle interpenetration of character, action, and setting. In writing
that is primarily expository, however, narratives are shorter and simpler.
Most often they are factual rather than imaginary, as when an historian
describes an event. And often in exposition an illustration may involve a
simple narrative. Being able to tell a story, then, while not the primary
concern of the expository writer, is a skill which he or she will now and again
be called upon to use.