Simple Narrative

Narrative

Narrative text is a type of text in the form of a story or fairytale, that purpose to entertaining the reader. The main feature of Narrative text that there is a problem (or what is considered an issue or tricky) and the steps taken to respond to this problem, generally in the form of solution or settlement. Narrative text content can be a fantasy story or true story of getting the spices engineers. 

 

Generic Structure:

1. Orientation: the introduction or the opening of the introductions to the characters, time and place. 

2. Complication/crisis: the development of the conflict or appearance problem. 

3. Resolution: conflict resolution or steps taken to respond to the problem. 

4. Reorientation : cover-expressions that indicate the story has ended, this is optional 

5. Coda : changes that occur to the characters and the lessons learned from the story, are optional 

Dominant Language Features: 

1. Using Past Tense 

2. Using action verb 

3. Chronologically arranged 

Example narrative text

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 nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy.

Finally, a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the boy wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden mortar for pounding rice. She reminded him, “please remember, if there is a flood you must save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”. The “lesung” was happy and thanked the old woman.The little boy 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 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. The boy wanted to try his luck so he stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very easily. Everybody was dumbfounded.

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 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.

 

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