Narrative Text

What is a narrative?

• An imaginative story

• Poetry

• A biography

• A research project

What is the social function of narrative text?

• To describe something.

• to tell past experiences.

• to inform the readers about the news.

• To tell stories or past events and entertain the readers.

The generic structure of narrative text are...

• Orientation, Complication, and Resolution.

• Orientation, Events, and Reorientation.

• Orientation, and Complication.

• Orientation and Resolution.

What is the orientation of narrative text?

• The end paragraph of the story.

• The opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.

• The middle paragraph of the story.

• The social function of the text.

These are the stories of Narrative text, except . . .

• Beauty and the Beast

• Malik Kundang

• The Lion and The Old Man

• he Biography of Albert Einstein

What is complication of the text?

• Where the problems in the story developed.

• Where the problems in the story is solved.

• Where the story is ended.

• Where the story is started.

The Ant and The Dove

                One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring. To reach the spring she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

                She could have drowned if a dove up nearby tree had not help her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon, it carried her safety to dry ground.

                Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net toward the dove, hoping to trap it. Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Felling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. Quickly, the dove flied away to safety.

    Who are the characters of the story above?

• The ant 

• The ant and the dove         

• The ant, the dove, and the hunter.

• The hunter and the ant.

The Ant and The Dove

                One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring. To reach the spring she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

                She could have drowned if a dove up nearby tree had not help her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon, it carried her safety to dry ground.

                Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net toward the dove, hoping to trap it. Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Felling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. Quickly, the dove flied away to safety.

What happened when the ant was making its way up?

• The ant slipped from the grass      

• The ant fell into the water 

• The ant slipped and fell into the water.

• The ant drowned into the water.

The Ant and The Dove

                One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring. To reach the spring she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

                She could have drowned if a dove up nearby tree had not help her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon, it carried her safety to dry ground.

                Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net toward the dove, hoping to trap it. Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Felling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. Quickly, the dove flied away to safety.

Which statement is TRUE according the text?

• The hunter caught the dove             

• The ant killed the hunter

• The dove didn’t help the ant

• The ant and the dove were safe

The Ant and The Dove

                One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring. To reach the spring she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

                She could have drowned if a dove up nearby tree had not help her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon, it carried her safety to dry ground.

                Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net toward the dove, hoping to trap it. Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Felling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. Quickly, the dove flied away to safety

“Seeing the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly … “ (paragraph 2). The underlined word means …

• Problem

• Solution

• Safety    

• Protection