explanation of narrative

Narrative text is a type of text that tells a chronological story in the past tense.

• menceritakan

• menjelaskan

• memberitahukan

• menyusun

Communicative purpose of narrative text is to entertain/ amuse the reader

• mengesankan

• menyampaikan

• menghibur

• menyenangkan

One of narrative's language feature is the use of direct indirect speech

• langsung

• tidak langsung

• arah

• tidak berarah

Referring to an action that happened in the past

• ada

• berlaku

• terjadi

• ada

We went to the park yesterday

• biasanya

• akan

• pergi

• ingin

Referring to an action that was true for some time in the past

• kegiatan

• laga

• perkelahian

• hal

Showing two events happening simultaneously in the past.

• secara bersamaan

• berurutan

• berpotongan

• secara bergantian

She was watching TV at 2:00 PM

• memindahkan

• memperbaiki

• membeli

• menonton

Diane was watching TV while Andy was sleeping.

• beristirahat

• tidur

• menonton

• tidur siang

I totally forgot about the meeting

• mengabaikan

• mempersiapkan

• ingat

• lupa