Narrative Text
Definition of Narrative
Narrative
is a text focusing specific participants. Its social function is to tell
stories or past events and entertain the readers.
Generic Structure of Narrative
A
narrative text will consists of the following structure:
1. Orientation: Introducing the participants and informing the time and
the place
2. Complication: Describing the rising crises which the participants have
to do with
3. Resolution: Showing the way of participant to solve the crises, better
or worse
Language Features of Narrative
· Using
processes verbs
· Using
temporal conjunction
· Using
Simple Past Tense
EXAMPLE
Snow
White
Once upon a time there lived a little, named Snow White. She
lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents were died.
One day she heard her aunt and uncle talking about leaving Snow White in the
castle because they wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money
to take Snow White with them.
Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do this. So she decided to run
away. The next morning she run away from home when her aunt and uncle were
having breakfast, she run away into the wood.
In the wood she felt very tired and hungry. Then she saw this cottage. She
knocked but no one answered so she went inside and felt asleep
Meanwhile seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There,
they found Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said; “What is
your name?”. Snow White said; “My name is Snow White”. One of the dwarfs said;
“If you wish, you may live here with us”. Snow White told the whole story about
her. Then Snow white ad the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.
Generic Structure Analysis
1. Orientation; introducing specific participants; Snow White
2. Complication; revealing a series of crisis: Snow White’s aunt and uncle
would leave her in a castle, Snow White run away, Snow White felt hungry in the
wood.
3. Resolution; the crisis is resolve: the dwarfs permitted Snow White lived in
their cottage lived happily
Language Feature Analysis
o Using saying verb; answered
o Using thinking verb; decided
o Using action verb; run away
o Using time conjunction; once upon a time, one day
o Using connectives; then, meanwhile
o Using past tense; she heard her uncle
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