Narrative text (Fractured Stories)

A ................................ text that tells a story which aims to entertain

the audience. It has elements such as plot, characters, and

point of view. It consists of orientation, complication, and

resolution. It often uses past tense.

• Descriptive

• Recount

• Expository

• Narrative

A story that takes a familiar fairy tales and turns it upside down,

making it funny and giving it a modern twist is called a..........................stories.

• fractured stories

• sad stories

• funny stories

• happy ending stories

Once upon a time in the West coast of Sumatera Island, lived

a poor widow with her son named Malin Kundang.

When he was walking around the seashores while singing

Ayam Den Lapeh, Malin Kundang was approached by an

agent and was asked to join Liga Dangdut Nasional.

(?) What happened when Malin Kundang was walking around the seashores?

• He met his mother.

• He got on a boat.

• He was approached by an agent

• He asked his mother's opinion.

Malin Kundang then said goodbye to her poor mother to go

to Jakarta and join the contest with the hope to become the

winner.

Malin Kundang won the competition and soon got busy

with album making and concerts. He even won the Dangdut

Singer rookie award that made him the most famous dangdut

singer in Indonesia.

One day, Malin Kundang held a concert in Padang. His

mother, who heard about it, asked for the backstage pass to meet Malin.

Somehow, Malin did not want to admit that she is his mother.

(?) From the above paragraphs of a fractured version of Malin Kundang, what is the main complication of the story?

• Malin Kundang won the competition and became famous.

• His mother wanted to meet Malin Kundang backstage.

• Malin did not admit his mother.

• Statements a,b and c are correct.

No matter how broken her heart was. The mother forgave

Malin Kundang and wished for his successful career.

(?) What is the resolution of Malin Kundang Fractured stories version?

• He was cursed into stone.

• His mother forgave him.

• He followed Liga Dangdut.

• He admitted his mother after his show.

In the traditional version of Malin Kundang story, what happened to him?

• He was cursed into stone.

• He went back to Jakarta.

• His mother forgave him.

• He admitted his mother.

One day, Little Red Riding Hood’s mother gave her a basket with some cake inside and told her to walk

through the forest to the other side where her grandmother lay sick in bed.

“Remember not to talk to strangers!” Little Red Riding Hood’s mother said"

(?) In this traditional version of Little Red Riding Hood story, what has her mother said to her when she

walk through the forest?

• Bring cookies to the wolf.

• Remember not to talk to strangers.

• Talk to the wolf.

• Talk to strangers.

A man who was chopping wood in the forest heard Little

Red Riding Hood. He came inside and hit the wolf over the head

with his axe. The wolf fell to the ground, and Grandmother

popped out of his mouth. Then the woodsman, Little Red Riding

Hood, and Grandmother all had cake and tea.

(?) What might happen if the woodsman were not there?

• Little Red Riding Hood eat the wolf.

• The woodsman eaten by the wolf.

• Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother eaten by the wolf.

• The wolf eaten by the woodsman.

In the fractured version of Little Red Riding Hood, Who jumped into the wolf's mouth?

• Little Red Riding Hood

• Woodsman

• Mother

• Grandmother

It’s an armadillo ­wolf and it’s going to, like, totally attack

me!” She shrieked and ran into the woods. A troop of seven dwarves marched out of the trees. They all turned towards me.

“We’re the Seven Levels of awesomeness,” a red shirted dwarf said in a squeaky voice and then played a high chord on an

electric guitar. The dwarf started to explain a boring historystory. As soon as his eyes crossed, I stepped over the whole row

of dwarves in one step. I continued to look for the Girl.

(?) Who are the new characters in this fractured version of Little Red Riding Hood?

• Wolf

• Little Red Riding Hood

• Dwarves

• Armadillo