NARRATIVE TEXT

DEFINITION

• A narrative text is a text that tells a story to

entertain the audience or readers.

SOCIAL FUNCTION

1. To Entertain 3. To Teach Moral

2. To Excite Emotion Value
Generic Structure of The Text

Paragraf 1 Orientation (who, when, and where)

Give a setting and a brief description of the scene.

Paragraf Complication (conflict/ problem)

Start the action and describe what happened
2

Paragraf Resolution (ending/ how the problem was solved)

3
Grammatical Features of Narrative Text.

Narratives usually use:

• Simple past tense (action) and past continuous tense (background
description or what was happening at the time).
• Nouns that identify the specific characters and places in the story
• Adjectives that provide accurate description of the characters and settings

• Verbs that show the actions that occur in the story

• Time words that connect events, telling when they occurred