NARRATIVE TEXT

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NARRATIVE TEXT

A narrative is a text to amuse, entertain and deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. Narratives deal with problematic events which lead to acrisis or turning point of some kind which in trun find a resolution.

The generic structure of narrative text:

1. Orientation : It set the scene and introduces the participants (it answer the question, Who,What,When and Where).

2. Complication : A crisis of a problems aries. It usually involves the main characters.

3. Resolution : A Solutions the problem (for Better or worse). Main charaters find a way to solven the problem.

Other generic structure of the text:

J Evaluation : (optional) a step back to evaluate the plight (the narrator’s viewpoint).

JCoda : (optional) Change of the characteristic or lesson/value of the story.

J Re-orientation : (optional)

Language fetures:

M Nouns (kata ganti orang dalam cerita; stepsister,housework,etc)

MAdjectives (membentuk noun phrase; long Black hair,etc)

MTimes connectives dan conjuctions (mengurutkan kejadian; and, than,before,that, etc)

M Action verbs (past tense; stayed)

MSaying verbs (menandai ucapan; said,told and thinking verbs yang menandai pikiran/perasaan tokoh; felt,thought,etc)

M Simple Past Tense

Kinds of narrative text:

-A myth -A legenda -Fable - A folklore

Example

The Smartest Parrot

Once kupon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no another parrot like it. Tha parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not the say name of the place where it was born. The name of the place was Castano.

The man felt excited having the samrtest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot would not say Castano. The man tired to tech the bird say “Castano”.

At the First, the man was very nice to the bird but the he got very angry. “You stupid bird!”, pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t say the word? Say Castano! Or I will kill you!”, the man said angrily. Althougt he tired to hard teach the parrot would not say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over, “Say Castano or I’ll kill you!”. The bird kept not to say the word”Casatano”.

One day, after he had been trying so many time to make the bird say Casatno, the man really got very angry. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chickens house. There were four old chickens for next dinner, “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with them.”Said the man angrily.

The next day, the man came back to the chiken house. He opened the door and wasvery suprised . He could not belive what he saw at the chicken house. There was Three death chickens on the floor. At the momen, the parrot was standing proudly at the last old chicken,”Say Castano or I’ll kill you!”