NARRATIVE TEXT

19 March 2021
Definition

◦an imaginative story to entertain people

Generic Structure of Narrative Text
◦ Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the
story are introduced
◦ Complication : What happens next among the characters of the story. This
phase introduces a problem existing between or among them. The problems in
the story developed.
◦ Resolution :  The way a writer ends his story plot. It can be successful ending
or failure one which leads to sad ending story. Where the problems in the story
is solved.
◦ Coda / reorientation (optional) – lesson from the story.
The Characteristics / Language Feature of Narrative Text

◦ Past Simple verbs (killed, drunk, etc) and Past Continuous verbs (was eating/were eating)
◦ Adverb of time (Once upon a time, one day, etc)
◦ Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)
◦ Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general. (Cinderella, Snow White,
Alibaba, etc)
◦ Action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked, etc)
◦ Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. (Snow White said, “My name is Snow White”).
The direct speech uses present tense.
Types:
• Personal experience (Cerita yang berupa pengalaman pribadi)
• Fairy stories (Cerita yang bersifat fantastik atau penuh dengan keajaiban)
• Fables (Cerita tentang binatang yang biasanya digambarkan berprilaku seperti manusia)
• Legends
• Myth
• Romance
• Mysteries
• Science fiction
• Horror stories
• Adventure stories
• Historical narratives
• Slice of life
Example:
The Mouse Deer and The Tiger

One day, there was a mouse deer. He was thirsty so he wanted to drink on the river.
When the mouse deer came next to the river, a tiger approached him and wanted to eat him. Of course, the
mouse deer tried to escape, but the tiger run faster and caught him. In that dangerous situation the mouse deer
thought hard how to escape the tiger. Then he got idea and said to the tiger, “Listen! Your mightiness and
toughness are all great! But I have my own king. He has a greater strength than yours! I am sure that nobody can
match his powers!” Because the tiger felt taunted, he declared that he would challenge the mouse deer’s king.
Next the mouse led the tiger to the river, and said, “Now Look at the water. You will see my king” Foolishly the
tiger looked in the river and surely saw another tiger in the water. Then he growled, but the tiger in the river
imitated to growl too. Because of his too high self-pride, the tiger jumped into the water, and wanted to fight. He
was believing there was another tiger in the water.
The mouse deer took that opportunity to escape. After fighting with himself in the river, the tiger realized that he
was fooled by the mouse deer.