NARRATIVE TEXT Definition, Example, And Questions of Narrative Text

A. The definition of narrative text

A narrative text is a story that is created in a constructive format that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events.

B. Characteristics :

• Many based on common events from life

• Familiarity makes prediction easier

• Key vocabulary often known

• Simple vocabulary

• Cause and effect known

• Concrete, real concepts

• People oriented

• Dialogue makes text less concept dense

• Stories can have personal meaning

• May give insight for own life/interest

• Purpose is to entertain or share experience

• Chronological structure

• Simple concepts

• Familiar story types

C. Generic Structures of Narrative Text

1) Orientation

Sets the scene: where and when the story happened and introduces the participants of the story: who and what is involved in the story.

2) Complication

Tells the beginning of the problems which leads to the crisis (climax) of the main participants.

3) Resolution

The problem (the crisis) is resolved, either in a happy ending or in a sad (tragic) ending

4) Re-orientation/Coda

This is a closing remark to the story and it is optional. It consists  of  a  moral  lesson,  advice  or  teaching  from  the writer

D. Contoh Dan Soal Narative Text

Once upon a time there was a poor widow who had an only son named Jack. They were so poor that they didn't have anything except a cow. When the cow had grown too old, his mother sent Jack to the market to sell it. On the way to the market, Jack met a butcher who had some beautiful beans in his hand. The butcher told the boy that the beans were of great value and persuaded the silly lad to sell the cow for the beans.

Jack brought them, happily. When he told his mother about this, his mother became so angry that she threw the beans out of the window.

When Jack woke up in the morning, he felt the sun shining into a pan of his room, but all the rest was quite dark and shady.

So he jumped to the window. What did he see? The beanstalk grew up quite close past Jack’s window. He opened the window and jumped to the beanstalk which ran up just like a big ladder

He climbed and climbed till at last he reached the sky. While looking around, he saw a very huge castle. He was very amazed.

Then Jack walked along the path leading to the castle. There was a big tail woman on the doorstep. Jack greeted her and asked for the giantess mercy to give him breakfast, because he fell very hungry. Although the giantess grumbled at first, finally she gave Jack a hunk of bread and cheese and a jug of milk.

Jack hadn't finished when the whole house began to tremble with the noise of someone's coming. "Oh! It's my husband!" cried the giantess. "What on earth shall I do?"

Hastily the giantess opened a very big cupboard and hid Jack there.

Questions :

1.    Where did Jack sell his cow ?

2.    What is the story about

3.   Oh ! It’s my husband !" cried the giantess (paragraph 7) from the sentence we know that the giantess is … her husband

4.    Jack's mother looked very furious when jack told that

5.    What do learn from the text ?

6.    What kind of the text is that ?

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