Narrative
Text
Narrative text is a kind of text to retell the story that
past tense. The purpose of the text is to entertain or to amuse the readers or
listeners about the story.
Definition : a text that deals with problematic events
which lead to the crisis to find the solution.
The generic sctucture of a narrative text :
1. Orientation: Sets the scene and introduces the participants.
2. Complication: A crisis arises
3. Resolution: The crisis is resolved, for the better or for worse.
4. Re-orientation: Optinal
1. Orientation: Sets the scene and introduces the participants.
2. Complication: A crisis arises
3. Resolution: The crisis is resolved, for the better or for worse.
4. Re-orientation: Optinal
Linguistic features :
1. Use active verbs.
2. Use past tense.
3. Use 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
Kind of Narrative text :
1. Legend : Sangkuriang, Malin Kundang, etc.
2. Fable : Mousedeer and crocodile.
3. Fairy tale : Cinderella, Snow white, Pinocchio, etc.
4. Science fiction
example :
Rabbit and Bear
Once
upon a time, there lived as neighbours, a bear and a rabbit. The
rabbit is a good shot. In contrary, the bear is always clumsy ad could
not use the arrow to good advantage.
One
day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his
bow and arrows and came with bear to the other side of the hill. The
rabbit was fearing to arouse the bear's anger so he could not refuse it.
He consented and went with the bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy
the hungry family. Indeed he shot and killed so many that there was
lots of meat left after the bear and his family had loaded themselves
and packed all they could carry home.
The
bear was very gluttonous and did not want the rabbit to get any of the
meat. Th e rabbit could not even taste the blood from the butchering
as the bear would throw earth on the blood and dry it up. The poor
rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard day's work.
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