Narrative Text

 

Hello everyone, this time i will explain about narrative text. Narrative text is one of the English texts included in Reading skills. So do not be surprised if it becomes one of the material that is often discussed in English class. Narrative text material is also always on the test, be it national exams, college entrance exams, or TOEFL. For this reason, on this occasion I will provide material about narrative text. Yes, here is the explanation. 

 

A. Definition of the narrative text.

Narrative text is a type of text in the form of an imaginary story, a fabricated true story, or a fairy tale. Narrative text tells a story that has a chronological sequence that is interconnected.

 

B. Purpose of the narrative text

The purpose of narrative text is to entertain the reader.

 

C. Types of Narrative Text

Narrative text can be imaginary or factual. Here is an example of a genre from Narrative text:

• Fairy tale
• Mystery
• Science fiction
• Romance
• Horror
• Fable
• Myth and legend
• History
• Slice of life
• Personal experience, etc.
  

 

D. Text structure (generic structure).

The structure of the narrative text is as follows:

• Orientation: an introduction or an opening in the form of an introduction to character, time, and place.
• Complication: the development of conflict or the emergence of problems in the story.
• Resolution: conflict resolution or steps taken to respond to the problem.
• Re-orientation: closing phrases that indicate the end of a story. Orientation is optional or not always present in narrative text.
• Coda: changes that occur in characters and lessons / moral values ​​that can be taken from the story. Coda is also optional. 

 

E. Characteristics of Narrative Text

• Using action verbs in the form of past tenses.
• Using a specific noun as a pronoun.
• Using the Adjective to form Noun Phrase.
• Use the Conjunction to sort events.
•  It is more of a folk tale or has been known and owned by the people as a common story although it can be retold in various types of story versions.
• The elements of the story consist of time and place settings, story characters, story themes, story atmosphere, conflict and resolution.
• Can be continuously arranged in one simple sequence or composed of several complex sequences.

 

F. Linguistic elements

In general, narrative text has the following language elements:

• Noun: in general, the noun (noun) is used as a pronoun for an animal person, or an object in a story, for example, stepmother, the dwarfs, carriage, and others.
• Past tense: narrative text uses the past tense verb (verb 2), for example went, ate, met, and others.
• Time connective: is a time connective to sort events, for example after, before, after that, and so on.
• Action verbs: a verb that shows an event or activity, for example stayed, climbed, wrote, and others.
• Saying and thinking verb: a verb that shows reporting or utterance, for example said, told, thought, and so on.

 

Example of narrative text

 

Pumpkins

 

 

 

One day there was a boy named Peter, he was a good boy and also handsome. He has such a good personality, everyone around him knows that. Peter is also a child who is always obedient to his parents, he also really loves his parents. Peter has many friends at school and at home.

That afternoon, Peter was walking home with a sad face. He could not pay school fees because Peter's parents were having financial problems, therefore Peter felt sad because he felt like he had to quit school because he could not pay money for school.

While on the way he met an old grandmother, the grandmother brought pumpkins. Peter saw that the grandmother looked like it was difficult to carry pumpkins, Peter approached the grandmother and helped her by bringing the pumpkins and headed to the grandmother's house. When he got to his grandmother's house, Peter said goodbye to go back to his house then grandmother told Peter to bring one of the pumpkins to take home. At first Peter refused, but grandmother insisted. Finally, Peter choose the smallest pumpkins and then he returned to his house.

When he got home, Peter also split the pumpkin he had brought from the grandmother's house. How surprised Peter was when he saw that the contents of the pumpkin were gold and money. He also told his parents that, Peter was happy because he could pay his tuition and still go to school.

Orientation : 

One day there was a boy named Peter, he was a good boy and also handsome. He has such a good personality, everyone around him knows that. Peter is also a child who is always obedient to his parents, he also really loves his parents. Peter has many friends at school and at home.

 

Complication :

That afternoon, Peter was walking home with a sad face. He could not pay school fees because Peter's parents were having financial problems, therefore Peter felt sad because he felt like he had to quit school because he could not pay money for school.

While on the way he met an old grandmother, the grandmother brought pumpkins. Peter saw that the grandmother looked like it was difficult to carry pumpkins, Peter approached the grandmother and helped her by bringing the pumpkins and headed to the grandmother's house. When he got to his grandmother's house, Peter said goodbye to go back to his house then grandmother told Peter to bring one of the pumpkins to take home. At first Peter refused, but his grandmother insisted. Finally, Peter chose the smallest pumpkins and then he returned to his house.

 

 Resolution :

 When he got home, Peter also split the pumpkin he had brought from the grandmother's house. How surprised Peter was when he saw that the contents of the pumpkin were gold and money. He also told his parents that, Peter was happy because he could pay his tuition and still go to school.

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So we can conclude narrative text is a type of text in the form of an imaginary story, a fabricated true story, or a fairy tale. Narrative text tells a story that has a chronological sequence that is interconnected. The purpose of narrative text is to entertain the reader. Narrative text can be imaginary or factual. Genre from Narrative text  is fairy tale, mystery, science fiction, romance, etc. The structure of the narrative text is orientation, complication, resolution, re-orientation, coda. 

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