Narrative Text

A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

• Narrative

• Chronicle

• Biography

• Fable

To amuse the reader

• Purpose of Narrative Text

• To inform the audience

• To persuade the reader

• To describe a process

A story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

• Folktale

• Myth

• Legend

• Fable

A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon.

• Legend

• Myth

• Fable

• Folklore

A children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands.

• Fairytale

• Adventure

• Biography

• Mystery

Orientatation-Complication-Reorientation

• Structure Text of Narrative

• Introduction-Conflict-Resolution

• Setting-Character-Plot

• Beginning-Middle-End

A short story, typically with a moral lesson, often featuring animals as characters.

• Fable

• Myth

• Legend

• Parable

The Last Paragraph

• Conclusion

• Reorientation

• Introduction

• Summary

A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.

• Myth

• Fable

• Legend

• Tale

Imaginative Story

• Narrative Text

• Descriptive Essay

• Expository Writing

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