Narrative Text

Narrative Text

By Rifatus Mafada (185300051)

The Definition

Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems. An important part of narrative text is the narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a process narration.

The Purpose of Narrative Text

The social function of narrative is to amuse, entertain and to deal with an actual or vicarious experience in different ways. It also deals with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.

The Generic Structure

• Orientation

• Complication

• Resolution

• Re-orientation/Coda

The Characteristics of Narrative Text

• Past tense

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

• Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)

• Specific character.(Cinderella, Snow White, Alibaba, etc)

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

• Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. The direct speech uses present tense.

The Kinds of Narrative Text

• Fairy Tale

• Fable

• Personal Experience

• Legends

• Myth

• Romance, etc