Narrative Text

Narrative Text

Definition

Generic Structure

Language Features

Definition

Narrative Text is an imaginative story to entertain people (teks narasi adalah cerita imaginatif yang bertujuan menghibur orang).

Generic Structure

• Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)

• Complication : Where the problems in the story developed. (Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)

• Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai, secara baik “happy ending” ataupun buruk “bad ending”.

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

Language Features

• Past tense

• Adverb of time

• Time conjunction

• Specific character.

Multiple Choice

Which is not included in the generic structure of the narrative text

• Orientation

• Complication

• Resolution

• Re-resolution