NARRATIVE TEXT

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Standar competence To comprehend structure and characteristic of narrative text

Indicators1. Determaine of the generic structures of narrative text.

2. To understand meaning nuance within transactional text that contains in narrative text.

3. Able to using past tense.

Learning ObjectivesThrough a discussion of the material on narrative text students

will able to create narrative text by using correct past tense

Narrative text is a kind of text to retell the story that past tense. The purpose of the text is to entertain or to amuse the readers or listeners about the story.

Narrative Text

ORIENTATION

COMPLICATION

RESOLUTION

GENERIC STRUCTURE OF NARRATIVE TEXT

Use active verbs

Use past tense

Use conjunction

The first person

Use specific nouns

Use adjective and adverbs

LINGUISTIC FEATURES IN NARRATIVE TEXT

THE KINDS OF NARRATIVE TEXT

FABLE

FAIRY TALE

MYTHS

FOLKATALES

LEGEND

FABLE CHARACTERISTICS

1. They are meant to entertain

2. They usually have no more than two or three characters

3. Usually with animal characters

4. They did not really happen

Examples The Lion and the Mouse The buffalo and Tiger

Myth is story that explain about natural events such as season or rainbows and other explain about how the world begin. They all provide lessons about good or bad behavior.

MYTHS CHARACTERISTICS

Example:•Hercules•Biju•Xena

LEGEND CHARACTERISTIC

Combines a real event or real person’s unusual life story with the exaggeration and heroic actions.

Example : Malin Kundang Sangkuriang

Folktale is a story that has been told for long time by group of people.

Example: Little Red Riding Hood Malin Kundang

FOLKTALES CHARACTERISTICS

Fairy tale is a story often with a moral or happy ending.

Example: Cinderella Sleeping Beauty

FAIRY TALE CHARACTERISTICS

EXAMPLE OF NARRATIVE TEXT

 CINDERELLA

Once upon a time there was a girl named Cinderella. She lived with her bad step mother and two step sister. She had to do all the household chores.         One day, the King invited all the ladies in the Kingdom to go to a ball in the palace. He wanted to find the Crown Prince a wife. The stepsister went to the ball that night with their stepmother. Cinderella was left alone. She cried because she actually wanted to go to the ball too. Suddenly then a fairy godmother came. With her magic wand, she gave Cinderella a coach, two horses, and footmen. She also gave Cinderella a lovely dress to wear to the ball and a pair of glass slippers. She told Cinderella to come home before midnight. At the ball, Cinderella danced with the Prince. The Prince fell in love with her. At midnight, Cinderella ran home. Unfortunately, one of her glass slippers slipped off at the door. She did not have time to put it back on. The Prince was sad as he could not find Cinderella again that night.         The next day, the Prince and his men brought along the glass slipper. They went all over the Kingdom to search for the owner. After searching for along time finally, they came to Cinderella’s house. The slipper fit with her. The Prince was very happy to find Cinderella again. They got married and lived happily.

Orientation

Complication

Resolution