Understanding Narrative Texts

This video tutorial introduces narrative texts, explaining their purpose to entertain and teach. It covers various types, including fairy tales, folktales, fables, and legends, and discusses their generic structure: orientation, complication, resolution, and optional reorientation. The language features of narrative texts, such as past tense and specific characters, are highlighted. An example analysis of the narrative text 'Cinderella' is provided to illustrate these concepts.

What is the primary purpose of a narrative text?

• To describe

• To argue

• To entertain

• To inform

Which of the following is NOT a type of narrative text?

• Legend

• Fairy tale

• Fable

• Biography

What is one of the purposes of narrative texts besides entertainment?

• To teach moral lessons

• To sell products

• To confuse the reader

• To provide factual information

What is the first part of the generic structure of a narrative text?

• Orientation

• Resolution

• Complication

• Reorientation

Which part of a narrative text introduces the characters and setting?

• Reorientation

• Resolution

• Orientation

• Complication

What tense is commonly used in narrative texts?

• Present tense

• Past tense

• Future tense

• Conditional tense

Which feature is typical of narrative texts?

• Use of technical jargon

• Statistical data

• Formal tone

• Direct speech

In the story of Cinderella, what is the complication?

• Cinderella's stepmother treats her well

• Cinderella has a beautiful dress

• Cinderella is treated poorly and lacks a dress for the ball

• Cinderella is a princess

What role does the Fairy Godmother play in Cinderella's story?

• She creates problems for Cinderella

• She is the prince's advisor

• She is Cinderella's stepmother

• She helps Cinderella by providing a dress

What is the resolution in the story of Cinderella?

• Cinderella remains unhappy

• Cinderella marries the prince

• Cinderella becomes a servant

• Cinderella leaves the kingdom