NARRATIVE TEXT

Narrative text is an imaginative story to amuse and entertain readers. And in its plot consists of climax of the story (complication) then followed by the resolution.

Generic Structures of Narrative Text :

1.    Orientation

It is about opening paragraph where the characters, setting, and time of the story are established (WHO, WHEN, and WHERE the story happened).

2.   Complication

When the problems in the story arise an involves main character. It is about the conflict or the big problem of the story. Complication is the part of the story in which there is a conflict among the characters of the story (it is possible to make more than one conflict in a complication), and it is the climax of the story (the big problem in the story). A story can have more than one complication.

3.    Resolution

4.   It is the solution of the problems and the problems are solved  (better or worse).

Language Features :

•     Use past form tenses.

•     Use indirect speech.

•     Use noun phrase.

•     Use time connectives and conjunctions.

•     Use adverbs and adverbial phrase.

•     Use imagery.

•     Use action verbs.

•     Use saying verbs

•     Use thinking verbs, feeling verb, and verbs of senses

Kinds of Narrative Text :

•     Myth is a story made up to explain something that people believe (such as how the earth was made) or something in nature (such as thunder or lightning) with no proof.

•     Legend is story about the extraordinary deeds that real people or story characters (who might have been real people) are supposed to have performed.

•     Fable is a fictional tale involving animal characters.

•     Fairy Tales are stories that tell of miraculous and fantastic happenings. The main character in fairy tales are often supernatural and can do all sorts of extraordinary things.

•     Folklore is a tale that is inherited from a generation to next generation.

A Little Rabbit and Crocodiles

A little rabbit wanted to find some food in a forest. But unfortunately he found a big river so that he couldn't cross to another side.

The rabbit looked around. He got surprised when he saw a huge crocodile floating on the river. The crocodile's eyes watched him out.

"Aha!" the little rabbit smiled. He suddenly got an idea. "Hello, my lord crocodile! Would you please come here," he shouted. Hearing the rabbit called him, the crocodile swam closer. "Hmm, what's up?" "I know you're hungry. I'm bringing some food for you and all your friend. You know it's a big cow. I think it would make you so satisfied," the rabbit said. "Really? Where is it?" the crocodile said. "It's in the back of that tree," the rabbit pointed out a tree behind him.

"I'll give you, but I must know how many crocodiles are here. Could you call your friend to come?" The crocodile looked happy. Then he called his friends. After a while 20 crocodiles had come. "Ok. Now please stay in line. I'm going to count your number," said the rabbit. All crocodiles moved and made a row. A moment later the big river was covered by crocodiles waiting some food that rabbit promised.

The rabbit jumped to the first crocodile's back. He began to count. "One, two, three,..." the rabbit counted by jumping up to crocodiles' back one by one. "nineteen, twenty," After stepping the last crocodile, the rabbit jumped into the river bank and ran into the forest. Then he laughed and shouted, "Stupid!"