NARRATIVE TEXT 1, 2

 Narrative Text 1, 2

Definition of Narrative Text
Narrative text is a type of text in English to tell a story that has a series of connected chronological events. The purpose of this text is to entertain the reader about a story or stories.

Types of Narrative Text
Narrative text can be imaginary or factual. The following is an example of the genre of Narrative text:
- Fairy tale
- Mystery
- Science fiction
- Romance
- Horror
- Fable
- Myths and legends
- History
- Slice of life
- Personal experience
- and others

Narrative Text Features
- Using Action Verbs in Past Tenses .
- Using certain nouns as personal pronouns.
- Using adjectives that make up a noun phrase .
- Use conjunctions to order events.

Narrative Text Structure
The structure of narrative text focuses on a series of steps proposed to construct a text itself. In general, there are four stages in narrative text, namely:

1. Orientation
Orientation or commonly referred to as the introduction, contains about who, when, where a story is set.

2. Complications
Complication tells the beginning of the problem that causes the peak of the problem or what is commonly called the climax. This section usually involves the main character of the story.

3. Resolution
This part is the end of the story or a solution to the problem that occurs. Problems can be solved for better or worse which will make the story have a happy ending or vice versa.

Sometimes, some resolution is another problem to solve. This is deliberately made by the author to increase and maintain interest and suspense for the reader. Usually, this type of resolution is found in the mystery and horror genres.

4. Re-orientation
Section is the closing of a story that is optional. Re-orientation can contain moral lessons, suggestions or teachings from the author.

Example :

Bawang Merah and Bawang Putih

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful girl with her father, her stepmother, and her stepsister. One day, her father passed away. Her stepmother and stepsister treated her very bad whereas they used to love her before her father died. She had to do all the house work.

On the morning day, Bawang Putih went to the river to wash a lot of clothes. Then she saw a goldfish needed a help. Its mouth was stuck on a hook. Bawang Putih felt sorry and helped the poor goldfish.

“Thank you for your kindness”, the goldfish said.

Bawang Putih was very surprised that the goldfish could speak. However the goldfish helped her to wash the clothes and they became best friend.

Unfortunately, Bawang Merah her stepsister knew about the goldfish. She caught the goldfish and gave it to her mom. After that, they cooked it and ate it. When Bawang Putih knew it, she took the bone and buried it. She felt very sad that she could not take care of her best friend.

Several days later, grew a beautiful tree on the burial. Surprisingly, a Prince came to see it. he needed the tree to make his father well again. When he asked who own the tree, Bawang Merah said that it was hers. However, when she wanted to pull the tree, she could not do it. Even everyone could not do it, but Bawang Putih. Bawang Putih pull the tree easily and gave it to the Prince.

The Prince married Bawang Putih. She forgave her stepmother and stepsister and they lived happily ever after.

The video :

PART 1

1. Write a Narrative text, minimal 4 paragraph and attach picture in each paragraph and publish it in your blog
2. Record a video you read the paragraph in a good pronunciation creatively and publish in your you tube channel. attach the video in your blog 

The Ugly Duckling

A little duckling was terribly unhappy because he thought he was the ugliest amongst all his brothers and sisters. They’d not play with him and titillated the poor ugly duckling. One day, he saw his reflection within the water and cried, “Nobody likes me. I’m so ugly.” He decided to go away from home and went far-off into the woods.

Deep within the forest, he saw a cottage in which there lived an old lady, her hen, and her cat. The duckling stayed with them for a few times however he was sad there and shortly left. Once the winter set in, the poor duckling nearly froze to death. A peasant took him home to his woman and kids. The poor duckling was afraid of the kids and escaped. The ugly duckling spent the winter in a very marshy lake.

Finally, spring arrived. One day, the duckling saw a gorgeous swan swimming within the lake and fell in love with her. Then again he remembered how everybody made fun of him and he bent his head down in shame. Once he saw his own reflection in the water he was astonied. He wasn’t an unsightly duckling any longer, but a handsome young swan! Now, he knew why he had looked so completely different from his brothers and sisters. “They were ducklings but I used to be a baby swan!” he said to himself. He married the gorgeous swan and lived happily ever once.

The video :

PART 2

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