Narrative Text

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Narrative Text

By Mulhimah Riyadoh

A type of text that tells a chronologically connected series of events. Usually, this story is imaginative or just a story was written by the maker to entertain the reader.

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​What is narrative text?

To amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

what is the purpose of narrative text?

• personal experience​

• ​fairy stories

• fables

​​Types of narrative text

• legends

• myth

• romance​

• mysteries

• science fiction

• horror

• adventure

• historical

• slice of life​

​Part of the story to tell the readers about the story; who is the participant of the story, where and when is the setting.

orientation

​Part of the story when the conflict appears; the main of the story

Complication

This section is a solution or settlement of a conflict or problem in the story. Every problem that arises in the narrative text must have a solution. The settlement can be a happy ending or is a sad ending​

resolution

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generic structure of narrative text​

• Simple past tense

• Adverbs of time (once upon a time, one day, long time ago, once, etc..)

• ​Conjunction of time (meanwhile, finally, at last, immediately, then, etc..)

• Consists of dialogue from characters​

language features of narrative text

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​There was once a boy whose father one day told him that he was, now, old enough to watch over the sheep while they were grazing. Every day, he had to take the sheep over the grass fields and watch them as they grazed to become strong with thick wool.

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The boy who cried wolf

​Orientation

The boy was unhappy though. He wanted to run and play, not watch the boring sheep. So, he decided to have some fun instead. He cried ‘Wolf! Wolf!,’ until the entire village came running with stones to chase away the wolf before it could eat any of the sheep. Once they saw that there was no wolf, they left muttering under their breath about how the boy was wasting their time and giving them a good fright while at it.

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The next day, the boy cried once more,‘Wolf! Wolf!’ and, again, the villagers rushed there to chase the wolf away as the boy laughed at the fright he had caused, the villagers left, some angrier than the others

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The boy who cried wolf

Complication

The third day, as the boy went up the small hill, he suddenly saw a wolf attacking his sheep. He cried as hard as he could, ‘Wolf! Wolf! WOLF!!!’, but the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again and did not come to rescue the sheep. The little boy lost three sheep that day, all because he falsely cried wolf.

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The boy who cried wolf

Resolution

Multiple Choice

What is the story about?

• two children went to school for the first time

• a stepmother who saved her children from a witch

• a witch who is really kind

• two children saved their mother from a witch

Multiple Choice

which statement is false about the witch?

• she locked Hansel in cage

• she planned to eat Hansel and Gretel

• she set Gretel to clean the house

• she fell into the ocean

Multiple Choice

"The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door." (paragraph 4). The word "shut" can be replaced by the word?

• closed

• marked

• cried

• opened

Multiple Choice

What type of the text is used by the writer?

• narrative

• descriptive

• procedure

• comparative

Multiple Choice

To tell the plot, the writer uses...

• future tense

• past tense

• present tense

• continuous tense

Multiple Choice

According to the text, before she ran away into the woods, why did Snow White live with her uncle and aunt?

• because she ran away from a monster

• because she were afraid of the dwarfs

• because she loved them very much

• because her parents were dead

Multiple Choice

The purpose of the text is...

• to inform the readers about important events

• to persuade readers to accept writer's opinion

• to entertain readers with fairy tale

• to show readers how to make something

Multiple Choice

Where did the Snow White live after she ran away to the woods?

• she lived in the cave

• she lived in dwarfs' cottage

• she lived on the street

• she lived with the fairies