NARRATIVE TEXT

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NARRATIVE TEXT

What is narrative text?

A text that tells about an imaginative story in the
past.
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2 The purpose of narrative text

To entertain or to amuse the readers and to teach
a moral lessons with a story.
 TYPES OF NARRATIVE TEXT

1 LEGEND FAIRY TALE. 4

2 FOLKTALE FABLE . 5

3 MYTH ETCCE 6
• Legend is a traditional history tale popularity regarded as true, but usually
containing a mixture of fact and fiction.
Ex: The Legend of Toba Lake, The Legend of Surabaya, The Legend of
Rawa Pening, etc.
• Folktale : a story that was passed on in spoken form, from one generation to
the next generation.
Ex: The Story of Rara Mendut, Jaka Tarub and 7 Angels. etc
• Myth : a story based on tradition, which has a deep meaning.
• Fairy tale : a story about magical creatures. In a Fairy tale usually contains of
King, Queen, Prince, and Princess.
Ex: Cinderella, Snow white and 7 Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, etc.
• Fable : a text that tells about animal’s story
Ex: The rabbit and the turtle, Origin of the Snail House, etc
 THE GENERIC STRUCTURE
“The Legend of Rawa Pening”
Once upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village. He was
very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for some food, but ORIENTATIO
nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy. N
Introduces the characters
Finally, a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When and informs about time &
the boy wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden mortar place
for pounding rice. She reminded him, “Please remember, if there is a flood you must
save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”. The boy was happy and thanked the old
woman. He continued his journey. While he was passing through the village, he saw
many people gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw a stick stuck in the COMPLICATI
ground. People challenged each other to pull out that stick. Everybody tried, but
nobody succeeded. “Can I try?” asked the little boy. The crowd laughed mockingly. ONthe problems begin in
Tells
The boy wanted to try his luck so he stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He the story and how the
could do it very easily. Everybody was dumbfounded. character solves them
Suddenly, from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until it
flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the little boy and RESOLUTION
the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As she told him, he used
the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old woman. The whole village became a &
huge lake. It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java,
Indonesia. TheREORIENTATI
problem’s solution and
theON
moral value of the story
Language Features of Narrative Text
Using Past Tense (killed, asked, knocked, etc)
Using Adverb of Time (Once upon time, One day, A long time a go)
Using Conjunction (then, when, suddenly, etc)
Using Direct and Indirect Speech
Direct speech : Snow White said, ”I’m hungry”
Indirect speech: Snow White said that She was hungry.
 Exercise 1
Find the simple past tense, adverb of time, conjunction, direct and direct speech in the following text bellow!

A long time ago, there was a wanderer, named Sibuatan. After wandered over so many
places, he finally decided to stay in a single location. It was on the riverbank near the valley.
Sibuatan was pleased staying in this new place. This riverbank has beautiful scenery, fresh air,
and the most fertile land. His daily works are cultivating the land, collecting vegetables and
firewood. He was also catching fish for his meal.
One afternoon, when Sibuatan went fishing, he caught a big fish with golden scales.
"Hurray! I got a giant fish. I will have a big dinner tonight!" said Sibuatan happily.
Sibuatan walked home quickly to cook the fish. When he arrived at his house, he put the fish
on the table in the kitchen. Then he went down to get some firewood underneath the house.
However, when he came back from collecting woods, Sibuatan was so surprised. He finds a
beautiful woman in his room instead of the fish. Sibuatan’s heartbeat gets fast. He knew he fell
in love with this cute girl. He soon learned this woman was a transformation of the big fish he
had caught that day.
 A long time ago, there was a wanderer, named Sibuatan. After wandered over so many
places, he finally decided to stay in a single location. It was on the riverbank near the valley.
Sibuatan was pleased staying in this new place. This riverbank has beautiful scenery, fresh
air, and the most fertile land. His daily works are cultivating the land, collecting vegetables
and firewood. He was also catching fish for his meal.
One afternoon, when Sibuatan went fishing, he caught a big fish with golden scales.
"Hurray! I got a giant fish. I will have a big dinner tonight!" said Sibuatan happily.
Sibuatan walked home quickly to cook the fish. When he arrived at his house, he put the
fish on the table in the kitchen. Then he went down to get some firewood underneath the
house. However, when he came back from collecting woods, Sibuatan was so surprised. He
finds a beautiful woman in his room instead of the fish. Sibuatan’s heartbeat gets fast. He
knew he fell in love with this cute girl. He soon learned this woman was a transformation of
the big fish he had caught that day.
Simple past tense
Adverb of time
Conjunction
Direct speech
 Without a second thought, Sibuatan proposed her to marry him. The woman agreed to
marry him with one condition. Sibuatan would not ever mention her origin (she was a fish)
to anyone. Sibuatan agreed about it. He was too happy to have such a beautiful wife.

A year past and they had already a son named Sam. Since he was a little, her mother
spoiled him. So, when he was big enough, his behaviour was bad. Sam was a lazy boy. He
just played around the river and never helped and respected to his parents. This boy was
good at swimming and diving. He did it every day. Then, Sibuatan asked Sam to help him
in the field.
One-day Sam's mother told him to deliver his father's lunch. Unfortunately, Sam ate his
father's lunch little by little while he walked. When he arrived at the field, the rest of the
food was leftover. Sibuatan got angry finding this fact. Every day Sam is only playing,
playing, and playing around.  When Sam got his first-time task, he failed. Sam asked to
deliver his father's lunch. Sam did not only arrive late but also had eaten the meal. Sibuatan
could not control his anger anymore. He smacked and cursed his son.
 "You are the son of a fish! You cannot teach well. All you want to do is playing in the river
like fish. Get out of my sight!" he was furious. The boy ran home and cried. Then Sam told his
mother that his father cursed him as a son of a fish. His mother was sad to know that his
husband had broken his oath. Sibuatan told about her origin to their son. The woman then told
Sam to climb the hill behind their house as high as he could. Without asking anymore, Sam
went away.
When Sam's mother saw his son had climbed high the hill, she walked to the bank of the
river. Then, thunder is strike one after the other. The woman jumped into the river. She
transformed back into a big fish. The rain came down hard with thunder rumbled. The river
overflowed so fast and kept overflowed. The water fills the big valley circled the hill. Sam
climbed this hill and covered by water.
Sam cried when he watched from the top of the hill, what had happened. The overflow
from the river became a big lake with an island in the centre. That lake is known as Lake Toba,
meanwhile, the hill named as Samosir Island. The name came from the words "the son (Sam)
that chased move away.