NARRATIVE TEXT

NARRATIVE  TEXT

The generic structures of the text:

Orientation : It sets the scene and introduces the participants (it answers the questions; Who, What, When and Where)

Complication: A crisis or a problem arises. It usually involves the main characters.

Resolution: A solution to the problem (for better or worse). Main characters find a way to solve the problem

Other generic structures of the text:

Evaluation: (optional) a step back to evaluate the plight (the narrator’s viewpoint)

Coda: (optional)Changes of the characters or lesson/value of the story

Re-orientation: (optional) 

Ciri kebahasaan/language features:

•Nouns tertentu sebagai kata ganti orang dalam cerita, e.g. stepsisters, housework, etc.

•Adjectives yang membentuk noun phrase, e.g. long black hair, two red apples, etc.

•Time connectives dan conjunctions untuk mengurutkan kejadian, e.g. and, then, before that, etc.

•Actions verbs dalam past tense, e.g. stayed.

•Saying verbs yang menandai ucapan, seperti: said, told, dan thinking verbs yang menandai pikiran dan perasaan tokoh, seperti: thought, felt, etc.

 

•Kinds of narrative text:

•A myth

•A legend

•Fable

•A folklore

for example :

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