A Legend Has No End

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Do you know what the stone is?

• Yes, I think I know it

• No! Not a clue!

A Legend Has No End

Yes, this stone is believed to be Malin Kundang from the famous Legend of Malin Kundang .​

Have you ever heard of a story called Malin Kundang?

Malin Kundang is s the folklore of an ungrateful son originated from West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Narrative Text

​This story became famous because it had an important message for us all.

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Love your parents unconditionally, in any condition. Never forget their good deeds for us.

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Story like this belongs to NARRATIVE TEXT​

The story is a description ​of connected events that often give set of value or lesson.

Additional

Narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people. It usually focuses on specific participants’/characters’ story.

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What is Narrative Text?

Then, what's the purpose of this text?​

Narrative text is written in many ways such as folklore fairy tales, legends or fables that are popular or legendary from all parts of the world.

Side Goal

Main Goal

What is the purpose, then?

Then, what can be considered as Narrative Text?

The main use of Narrative text is to amuse or entertain the readers with an imaginative story.

Types/Genre of Narrative Text

How do we know if the story is a Narrative text or not

1. Fairy Tales

2. Fables

3. Legend

4. Myth

5. Folklore​

6. Romance

7. Mystery

8. Horror

9. Adventure

10. Historical/Personal Narrative​

So many stories belong to Narrative text. Ranging from imaginative into more of real life experience.

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Then, what makes Narrative difference to Recount text that also talks about experience?​

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Before I explain to you the difference.

What do you think the difference is?

• The story is different, I guess.

• The title is different.

• Narrative has a plot and Recount does not.

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1. ​Narrative text tells both imaginative and personal stories, while Recount tells events that actually really happened in the past.

2. ​Narrative has a plot (conflict/climax) while Recount does not have one.

3. Then, ​time of the story is often unclear in Narrative while Recount tells the time of the story in detail

NARRATIVE VS RECOUNT

Now, what is the plot we talk about here?

The plot is what happens in a story.

​However, a plot is not a simple sequence of events. A strong plot is centered on one moment—an action or event—that raises a dramatic question, which must be answered throughout the course of the story.

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What is Plot

Structure/Plot of Narrative Text

So, plot is that one moment which causes the story to shift or change

​Then, what happens before and after that moment? Here is the complete structure of Narrative text:

1. ​Orientation (tells about who, when, where the stories happened)

2. ​Complication (tells bout problems, conflict, and climax that happened)

3. Resolution (tells about falling action or ending of the story)

4. Re-orientation (tells about moral of the story)

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1. Theme​: Main idea of the story.

2. ​Setting: Time, place and context of the story.

3. ​Characters: The people in the story (Main or side characters)

4. ​Characterization: Description of personalities of the characters

Other than those explained before, there are also the specifics elements the build Narrative :

Elements of Narrative

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5. Point of View: Point of view of the writer in the story (usually third person point of view)

6. ​Plot: The structure of the text.

7. ​Small details such as: voice, mood, tone and sensory that build the story.

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Elements of Narrative

That is it for the lesson.​

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Well, That is all for this lesson.

Do you understand it so far?

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