Narrative is a text that tells a story which aims to entertain

the audience. It has elements such as plot, characters, and

point of view. It consists of orientation, complication, and
resolution. It often uses past tense.

The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.
Generic Structures of Narrative Text

1) Orientation

Sets the scene: where and when the story happened and introduces the participants of the
story: who and what is involved in the story.

2) Complication

Tells the beginning of the problems which leads to the crisis (climax) of the main participants.

3) Resolution

The problem (the crisis) is resolved, either in a happy ending or in a sad (tragic) ending

4) Re-orientation/Coda

This is a closing remark to the story and it is optional. It consists of a moral lesson, advice or
teaching from the writer

example :
Soal Narrative Text Cinderella
Once upon a time there was a wife of a rich man fell sick, and soon she closed her eyes and
departed. Everyday, Cinderella went out to her mother’s grave, and wept, and she remained
pious and good .When winter came, the snow spread a white sheet over the grave, and by the
time the spring sun had drawn it off again, the man had taken another wife. The woman had
brought with her into the house two daughters, who were beautiful and fairy of face but vile and
black of heart. Since then a bad time for the poor step-child began.
One day the King gave orders for a festival and all the beautiful young girls in the country were
invited, in order that his son might choose himself a bride.When the two step-sisters heard that
they were to appear among the number, they were delighted, called Cinderella and made to
help them grooming, Cinderella obeyed, but wept, because she too would have liked to go with
them to dance, and begged her step-mother said” you cannot go with us, you have no clothes
and cannot dance.
When the step-mother and her daughters had gone away, Cinderella went to her mother’s grave
and cried, Shiver and Quiver, My little tree, silver and gold throw down over me.” Suddenly a
bird threw down a magnificent gold and silver dress to her,and were golden too. At the party her
step-sister and the step-mother however did not recognize her, and thought she must be a
foreign princess, for she looked so beautiful in the golden dress.

1. The story above tells about

a. Snow White
b. Sleeping Beauty
c. Dwarfs
d. Cinderella
e. Princess

2. The first paragraph is the………… of the story

a. complication
b. reorientation
c. orientation
d. resolution
e. coda

3. Why does Cinderella’s mother dead ? Because she………

a. fell sick
b. fell injured
c. fell disappointed
d. fell ill
e. fell wounded
4. The genre of the text is…….
a. recount
b. procedure
c. narrative
d. legend
e. news item

5. When the winter came, the snow……

a. spread a white sheet
b. spread a white shout
c. spread a shout
b. spread a white sheets
e. spreading white sheet

6. Cinderella lived with her

a. two step-mother
b. her mother
c. two step-sister and step-mother
d. her sisters
e. two step-sister
7. How did her step-mother treat Cinderella ?
a. she allowed go any where
b. she doesn’t her to allow
c. she allows goes every where
d. she didn’t go any where
e. she didn’t allow her go

8. Why couldn’t Cinderella go to the festival?

a. she doesn’t dance
e. she has dance
c. she didn’t dance
c. she didn’t have clothes and couldn’t dance
b. she couldn’t dance

9. The last story called …

a. complication
b. orientation
c. coda
d. resolution
e. twist

10. The step-mother however did not “recognize” her. The same meaning of the word
“recognize” is…
a. to see
b. to know
c. to told
d. to talk
e. to tell

11. Orientation of the story means …

a. to begin the story
b. to amuse the reader
c. to finish the story
d. to tell the people
e. to end the story

12. The purpose of the author to write the story is …

a. to tell the reader
b. to entertain the reader
c. to told the reader
d. to explain the reader
e. to describe the reader
13. What orientation of the third paragraph ?
a. step-mother gone away
b. step-mother and her daughter had gone away
c. step-mother passed away
d. step-mother and her daughter
e. her daughter had gone away

14. Finally Cinderella must be a foreign

a. princess
b. daughter
c. cousin
d. queen
e. sister

15. The two step-sister always feels….

a. upset
b. jealous
e. wonder
d. regret
e. angry

16. The story of Cinderella talks about

a. rich girl
b. clever girl
c. lazy girl
d. proud girl
e. beautiful girl

17. The daughter of the King is…..

a. prince
b. witch
c. princess
d. dwarf
e. queen

18. Cinderella’s story expresses about

a. beautiful girl
b. poor girl
c. dwarf
d. little girl
e. rich girl

19. Cinderella looked so beautiful in the golden dress. The antonym of “beautiful” is……
a. handsome
b. smart
c. ugly
d. wonderful
e. nice

20. The complication stated in paragraph ….

a. one
b. two
c. second
d. three
e. first

Soal Teks Narrative Legend 7

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle
because her parents were dead. One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving
Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have
enough money to take Snow White.
Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do that so she decided that it would be best if she
ran away. The next morning she ran away into the woods. She was very tired and hungry. Then
she saw a little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. 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.”
Then, Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story.
The dwarfs said, “If you want, you may live here with us.”
Snow White answered, “Oh, could I? Thank you.”
Finally, Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.

21. What type of the text is used by the writer?

A. narrative
B. report
C. anecdote
D. comparative
E. news item

22. To tell the plot, the writers uses…

A. a rhetorical question and an exclamation

B. time sequences
C. contrastive evidences
D. past tense
E. concessive conjunctions

23. Why Snow White ran away to the woods?

A. Her parents passed away
B. Her uncle was angry with her
C. Her uncle and aunt would go to America
D. Snow White was happy to run away
E. Snow White liked playing in the woods.

24. When did Snow White run away to the woods?

A. In the afternoon
B. In the morning
C. In the evening
D. In the full moon
E. In the middle of night

25. Where did Snow White live after she ran away to the woods?
A. She lived in the cave
B. She lived in the lion nest
C. She lived everywhere in the woods
D. She lived in the dwarfs’ cottage
E. She lived on the street

26. According to the text, before she ran away into the woods, why did Snow White live with her
uncle and aunt?

A. because she loved them very much

B. as a result of forcing attitude from them
C. because her parents were dead
D. because she were afraid of the dwarfs
E. because she ran away from a monster

27. The communicative purpose of this text is…..

A. to inform the readers about important and newsworthy events

B. to entertain readers with fairy tale
C. to share an account of an unusual event
D. to persuade readers to accept his/her opinions
E. to denote or propose something as the case

The Legend of Lake Toba

Long time ago, a young man lived in a valley in North Sumatera. He was poor and lived with
nobody. Every day, he went to the river and caught some fish to eat.
One day, he went fishing after working in the fields. But not like the other days, he got nothing
even after waiting for hours. When he decided to go home, he felt the rod jolted. That’s fish! He
pulled the rod out and he was jolly to see a small goldfish. Imagining that he would eat a
goldfish, he went home excitedly.

At home, the young man put the small fish on the table. He prepared some firewood to cook.
When everything was ready, he went back to the kitchen. But he saw nothing on the table! The
fish disappeared! Instead, he saw a beautiful woman.

After having a short conversation, the young man asked to marry her. She accepted only in one
condition, the man should never mention where she came from. The man agreed and they got
married. They had a handsome yet naughty boy named Samosir.

One day, Samosir made his father angry. The man shouted loudly and said the prohibited
words. He said that Samosir was son of fish. Suddenly, rain fell for weeks and turned the valley
into a lake.

Questions
28. From the text above we know that …..

A. Samosir is not son of fish

B. The man is rich

C. The goldfish turns into a beautiful woman

D. The beautiful woman is not married to the man

29. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

A. The man caught a gold fish

B. Fishing is the man’s hobby

C. The man married the goldfish

D. They have a handsome boy

30. What is the moral lesson of the story?

A. Don’t go fishing

B. We have to keep our promise

C. Don’t eat fish1

D. We must not marry a goldfish

31. The word “he” in the sentence “At home, he put the small fish on the table” refers to….

A. Samosir

B. Goldfish

C. Beautiful woman

D. Young man