English Learning Media

“Senior High School”

“NARRATIVE TEXT”
Narrative Text Materials:

A. Definition
B. Purpose
C. Generic Structure
D. Linguistic Features
E. Forms of Narrative Text
F. Example Narrative Text
NARRATIVE
TEXT
A. Definition of Narrative Text
Narrative text is a kind of text to retell the
story that past tense. It is an account of a
sequence of events, usually in
chronological order, and deal with actual
or vicanous experience in different ways to
the reader or listener.
 B. Purpose of Narrative Story

The purpose of the text is to

ententertain or amuse readers or
listeners about the story.
C. Generic Structure

Ω Orientation
Sets the scene and introduces the participans
(it answers the question : who, when, what,
and where).
Ω Complication
The problem happened in the story/ revealing
a series of crisis (Tells the problems of the
story and how the main characters solve
them.
Ω Re-orientation
the crisis is resolve, and the ending of the
story
D. Linguistic features :

1. Use active verbs.

2. Use past tense.
3. Use time conjunction.
4. The first person (I or We)
or the third person (He, She,
or They).
5. Use specific nouns.
6. Use adjective and adverbs
7. Using connectives
F. Forms of Narrative Text

1. Legend
A legend is a narrative of human actions that
are perceived both by teller and listeners to
take place within human history. Typically, a
legend is a short, traditional and historicized
narrative performed in a conversational mode.
Some define legend as folktale. The example of
legend in narrative text are
Sangkuriang
Malin Kundang
Tangkuban Perahu
Roro Jonggrang (Prambanan Temple
2. Fable

A fabel is a short allegorical narrative making

a moral point, traditionally by means of
animal characters who speak and act like
human beings. The example of fable in
narrative text are:

•Mousedeer and crocodile.

•The Ants and the Grasshopper
•The Smartest Parrot
3. Fairy tale

What is fairy tale? According to Wikipedia, fairy tale

is an English language term for a type of short
narrative corresponding to the French phrase "conte
de fée". e A fairy tale typically features such folkloric
charactrs as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves,
giants or gnomes, and usually magic or
enchantments. The example of fairy tale in narrative
text are:
Cinderella
Snow White
Pinocchio
Beauty and the beast
The story of Rapunzel
1. Snow white
 Once upon a time there lived a little, named Snow White. She
lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents were died.
One day she heard her aunt and uncle talking about leaving Snow
White in the castle because they wanted to go to America and they
didn’t have enough money to take Snow White with them.
Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do this. So she
decided to run away. The next morning she run away from home
when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast, she run away
into the wood.

In the wood she felt very tired and hungry. Then she saw this
cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and
felt asleep, meanwhile seven dwarfs were coming home from work.
They went inside. There, they found Snow White woke up. She saw
the dwarfs. The dwarfs said; “What is your name?”. Snow White
said; “My name is Snow White”. One of the dwarfs said; “If you
wish, you may live here with us”. Snow White told the whole story
about her. Then Snow white ad the seven dwarfs lived happily ever
after.
* Generic Structure Analysis

1. Orientation; introducing specific participants; Snow

White

2. Complication; Snow White’s aunt and uncle would

leave her in a castle, Snow White run away, Snow
White felt hungry in the wood.

3. Resolution; the crisis is resolve: the dwarfs

permitted Snow White lived in their cottage lived
happily
Thank you…