Narrative Text

Narrative Text

Do you like fairy tales, fable, myth, n legend story? It’s like Pinokio, Cinderella, Beauty and The Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, etc. Well, we called them as Narrative Text.

Narrative Text is a story which tells about fable, legend, folklore, myth, etc. The purpose is to amuse or entertain the readers with actual or imaginary experiences in different ways. Narrative always deals with some problems which lead to the climax and then turn into a solution to the problem.

The Generic Structure     :

  1.  Orientation

It sets the scene and introduces the participants of the story (it answers the questions: what, who, where, and when).

  2.  Complication

A problem arises followed by other problems.

  3.  Resolution

It shows when the crisis is resolved, for a better or worse condition.

The Language Features   :

  1.    The use of adjectives to build noun groups to describe the people, animals or thing in the story such as : (..... a nice, diligent, and kind-hearted man, a huge temple).

  2.    Use of time connectivites and conjunctions to sequence events through time, such as : (however, although, then, later, first, before, that, finally).

  3.    Use of adverbs and adverbial phrases to locate the particular events, such as : (once upon a time, a long time ago).

  4.    Use of Past Tense, such as : (Aji Saka went to the kingdom, measured the size of the turban.....)

  5.    Use of action verbs to indicate the actions, such as : (explained, provided, smashed)

  6.    Use of saying and thinking verbs to indicate what characters are feeling, thinking or saying, such as : (told, realized, decided).

The Frog Prince

          Long ago, there was a king who had a beautiful daughter. He loved her very much. Everyday, the Princess would sit by the old palace well and toss a golden ball high in the air and let it drop. She loved to play this game.

            One day, she accidentally tosses her ball too high. When it came down, she could not reach it. It feel deep into the well. The Princess began to cry. “Why are you crying?” said a voice behind her. The Princess looked down. She saw a frog. “Oh, please, Frog.” said the Princess, “I lost my ball down the well. If you bring it back to me, I will do anything you want”. “Anything at all?” asked the Frog. “Yes, anything,” said the Princess.

            So the Frog dived into the well and gave the ball back to the Princess. “I don’t want money or property”, said the Frog. “Let me live with you and be a favorite friend”. The Princess did not really want to let the Frog came and live with her as her favorite friend but she was an honest Princess. When she made a promise she kept it. So the Frog came back with her to the palace.

            One day, the Princess discovered the frog had turned into a handsome prince so they got married and live happily ever after.