NARRATIVE TEXT

By
Name:Resta Indah Rahayu
Class:XI IPA 5
Number:26
1.Purpose Narrative Text
The purpose of narative text is to amuse or to entertain the reader
with a story.
2.Generic structure of narrative text
Orientation :It is about the opening paragraph where characters of
the story are introduced.
Complication :Where the problems in the story developed.

Resolution :Where the problems in the story is solved.

3.Language Feature
•Past tense (killed,drunk,etc)

•Adverb of time (Once upon a time,one day,etc)

•Time conjunction (When,then,suddenly,etc)

•Specific character

•Action verbs (run, walk, cry, scream,etc)

•Direct and indirect speech

•Passive voice
EXAMPLE OF NARRATIVE TEXT

Let me Love You

Once upon a time,there was once a guy who was very much in love with this
girl. This romantic guy folded 1,000 pieces of papercranes as a gift to his girl.
Although, at that time he was just a small executive in his company, his future
doesn’t seem too bright, they were very happy together. Until one day, his girl told
him she was going to Paris and will never come back. She also told him that she
cannot visualise any future for the both of them, so let’s go their own ways there an
then... Heartbroken, the guy agreed.
When he regained his confidence, he worked hard day and night, just to make
something out of himself. Finnaly with all these hard work and with the help of
friends, this guy had set up his own company...
“You never fail until you stop trying.”he always told himself. “I must make it in
life!”One rainy day,while this guy was driving, he saw an elderly couple sharing an
umbrella in the rain walking to some
destination.Even with the umbrella, they were still drenched.It didn’t
take him long to realise those were his ex-girlfriend’s parents, With a
heart in getting back at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting
them to spot him in his luxury saloon.He wanted them to know that he
wasn’t the same anymore, he had his own company, car, condo, etc.He
had made in in life!
Before the guy can realise, the couple was walking towards a
cemetery, and he got out of his car and followed them...and he saw his
exgirlfriend, a photograph of her smilig sweetly as ever at him from her
tomstone... And he saw his precious papercranes in a bottle placed beside
her tomb. Her parents saw him. He walked over and asked them why this
had happened. Thet explained that she did not leave for France at all. She
was stricken ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he will
make it someday, but she did not want her illness to be his obstacle...
Therefore she had chosen to leave him.
She had wanted her parents to put his papercranes beside her,
because,if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take
some of those back with him.The guy just wept.
 QUESTIONS
1 The main character of the story is ...
WRONG!
A a guy
B a girl
C a group of people
D a family
2 Why did the guy break up with his girlfriend?

A He wanted to concentrate on his career. WRONG!

B The guy had found another girl for him.
C The girl’s parents did not allow her to
marry the man.
D The girl said that she wanted to go to
Paris and would not come back.
 3 He ... after he broke up with his girlfriend.

A regained his confidence and worked very hard

B met the girl’s parents WRONG!
C got married with another girl
D got very frustrated
 4 Finally, he could ...

WRONG!
A recover himself after a long period of
frustration
B find another woman and got married
with her
C find her and got married and lived
happily ever after
D establish his own company and
succeeded in his business
5 ..., he saw his ex-girlfriend’s parents going to
the cemetery.

A When he was driving his saloon WRONG!

B When he was in his office
C When he is in a funerul
D When he was in a vacation
 6 He wanted to show his ex-girlfriend’s parents that ...

A his parents were their friends WRONG!

WRONG!
WRONG
B their daughter did a bad thing by
leaving him
C he had become a rich man after he
broke up with their daughter
D he was happy to break up with their
daughter
7 Actually, the girl died because of ...

WRONG!
A an accident
B cancer
C a fire in Paris
D committing suicide
 8 Why did the girl want her parents put the
papercranes next to her tomb?
WRONG!
A because she hated the papercranes
B because her parents did not know
where to put it
C because her parents told her to
D because she wanted the man to
know that she loved him
9 The man knew that she ... and he could only
weep next to her tombstone
WRONG!
A died
B always loved him
C got to Paris
D left him
 “... if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he
10 can take some of those back with him.”What does the
statement mean?
WRONG!
A She wanted her parents to bring
him to her
B The girl wanted the man to
know that she loved him very
much
C She wanted the man to take
back his papercranes
D He believed that the girl
would return his papercranes
KEY ANSWERS
1. A. a guy
2. D. The girl said that she wanted to go to Paris and would not
come back.
3. A. regained his confidence and worked very hard
4. D. establish his own company and succeeded in his business
5. A. When he was driving his saloon
6. C. he had become a rich man after he broke up with their
daughter
7. B. cancer
8. D.because she wanted the man to know that she loved him
9. B.always loved him
10. B. The girl wanted the man to know that she loved him very
much
 LANGUAGE FEATURES BASED ON THE TEXT
PAST TENSE
a. There was once a guy who was very much in love with this girl.
b. He was just a small executive in his company
c. His girl told him she was going to Paris
d. He wasn’t the same anymore
e. The couple was walking towards a cemetery
f. It didn’t take him long to realise those were his ex-girlfriend’s parents
g. She was stricken ill with cancer
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
1. DS: He always told himself, “I must make it in life!”.
IS : He always told himself to must make it in life.
2. DS: His girl told him, “I go to Paris and will never come back.”
IS :His girl told him she was going to Paris and will never come
back.