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Definition of Narrative Text

The document defines and provides the generic structure of a narrative text. It begins with an orientation that introduces characters. This is followed by a complication where problems develop in the story. There is then a resolution where problems are solved, typically with a happy or bad ending. Narrative texts are meant to entertain readers with a story. They use past tense, time conjunctions, specific characters, and action verbs to tell the story in an engaging way. Two examples of narrative texts are provided, both traditional stories that follow the generic structure.

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Definition of Narrative Text

The document defines and provides the generic structure of a narrative text. It begins with an orientation that introduces characters. This is followed by a complication where problems develop in the story. There is then a resolution where problems are solved, typically with a happy or bad ending. Narrative texts are meant to entertain readers with a story. They use past tense, time conjunctions, specific characters, and action verbs to tell the story in an engaging way. Two examples of narrative texts are provided, both traditional stories that follow the generic structure.

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Narrrative Text

A. Definition of Narrative Text


A narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people (teks narasi adalah cerita imaginatif
yang bertujuan menghibur orang).

B. Generic Structure of Narrative Text


1. Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are
introduced.

2. Complication : Where the problems in the story developed.

3. Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. “happy ending” or “bad ending”.

4. Coda / reorientation (optional) – lesson from the story.

5. Sometimes the generic structure of narrative text contains of: Orientation, Complication,
Evaluation, Resolution dan Reorientation. Although “Evaluation” dan “Reorientation” are
optional;

C. Purpose of Narrative Text

1. The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

D. The Characteristics / Language Feature of Narrative Text:

1. Past tense (killed, drunk, etc)

2. Adverb of time (Once upun a time, one day, etc)

3. Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)

4. Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general. (Cinderella, Snow
White, Alibaba, etc)

5. Action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked, etc)

6. Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. (Snow White said,”My name is Snow White).
The direct speech uses present tense.

Contoh of Narrative Text

Contoh Narrative Text Fable 1

True Friends

Once upon a time, there were two close friends who were walking through the forest together.
They knew that anything dangerous can happen any time in the forest. So they promised each
other that they would always be together in any case of danger.
Suddenly, they saw a large bear getting closer toward them. One of them climbed a nearby tree at
once. But unfortunately the other one did not know how to climb up the tree. So being led by his
common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless and pretended to be a dead man.

The bear came near the one who was lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and slowly left the
place because the bears do not want to touch the dead creatures. After that, the friend on the tree
came down and asked his friend that was on the ground, “Friend, what did the bear whisper into
your ears?” The other friend replied, “Just now the bear advised me not to believe a false friend.”

Moral of the Story- A true friend in need is a friend indeed.

Contoh Narrative Text Fable 2

A Hungry Crocodile

Orientation

One day, there was a hungry crocodile waiting a prey near the lake in the jungle. That crocodile
hiding under the surface of the lake for a long time, but there was not yet any prey approaching
that lake to drink. That crocodile was so cruel and thus it had no friend and the other animals hate
it so much.

Complication

At the afternoon, the crocodile could not stay any longer to the lake. It finally walked to the
ground. But that day was unlucky day for that crocodile. After getting at the bank of the lake
suddenly there was a big branch of the tree falling upon its neck. The crocodile could not move at
all.

Not long after the falling branch, finally there was a buffalo coming to the lake to drink. The
buffalo saw the crocodile and the buffalo was afraid and would leave that lake soon. But the
crocodile asked it sadly to help. The buffalo felt sad about it and decided to help the crocodile. But
after helping the crocodile, the buffalo got something unexpected. The crocodile bit the buffalo’s
leg and the buffalo shouted loudly asking help for any other animal near it.

Kancil that was at the way to go to the Lake heard the buffalo’s voice. Kancil run quickly to see
what had happened to the buffalo. Near the lake, kancil saw the buffalo and the crocodile.

Kancil asked: “what happened?”

And the buffalo answered: “the crocodile bite my leg after I help to remove the big branch from its
neck”.

The crocodile also said: “I’m hungry and you are at my territory, therefore I bit you poor buffalo.”

The crocodile laughed at the buffalo.

Kancil said to buffalo, “It is impossible you had helped the crocodile, thus the crocodile had the
right to bite you.”

The buffalo said, “I’m not telling a lie. I can prove it.”

Kancil said, “I believe that crocodile is right, but then you can try to prove your telling. But first
crocodile must release your bite, okay?”
Crocodile said, “Okay, it is easy, but after that I will eat the buffalo.”

Kancil said, “Okay, deal.”

Resolution

The buffalo laid the big branch at the former position, upon the crocodile’s neck. After that
suddenly kancil said, “Lets run buffalo, lets run!”

The buffalo and kancil run as fast as possible and the crocodile had realized that it is had been
fooled by kancil.

The crocodile was still trapped there and there was no one helped it.

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