Narrative Text
Narrative Text is An Telling story
Generic Structure :
- Orientation : Containing Plot and Characters.
- Evaluation : Evaluating the plight of story.
- Complication : Crisis of the story.
- Resolution : The crisis is resolved,for better or worse.
Grammatical Features :
- Past Tense action Verbs
- Adjective
- Time Connection
- Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases
- Saying and Thinking Verbs
Sosial Function :
To amuse,entertain and to deal with problematic events which
lead
to a crisis or turning point of some kind,which in turn finds a
resolution.
Example of Narratives text :
1. Why Does the Cock Eat the Millipede?
Orientation
:
Long ago the cock had a pair of
beautiful horns on his head. But
at that time
there was a dragon whowas prevented from ascending
into
heaven because he lacked a pair of horns. And so he
offered the
millipede as a guarantor, and borrowed the
horns from the cock!
Evaluation
:
When the millipede came for the
horns, he said to the cock,
"When you want
your horns back, you must call out at dawn,
''Give me back
my horns!' and they will be returned to you at once.
You
need have no occasion to be concerned in the
least."
The kind cock knew how
difficult it was to ascend to heaven. so,
reassured
by the good security the millipede offered, he
loaned
his horns without hesitation, just twisting them
right off his head.
He also thought to himself that
when the dragon returned
from his visit to heaven, they
could sit down and have a good
conversation; he would
ask the dragon to tell him how things were
in heaven,
and if it really was beautiful there, as he had
always heard.
If it was true,he might consider going there
himself someday, he
thought.
Complication :
So, next morning at daybreak
(for the dragon's visit
was scheduled to be brief), the
cock called out loudly:
"Give me back my
horns!" But, even though he repeated
this demand ten times over,
there was no sign at all
of either the dragon or the
horns. Worried, the cock
promptly went off to complain
to the millipede, who
soothed him, saying: "If
the dragon has not returned
the horns this morning, then he
will certainly do so
tomorrow. At the very latest,
the day after that. Just
learn to be a little patient
and your horns will soon be
back on your head, just as
before."
The cock did wait several days,
but although he
called out every morning at
sunrise: "Give me back
my horns!" They never did
reappear. The cock was
extremely annoyed at this
deception and loss, as you
can well imagine, therefore he
ordered all the members
of his family to eat millipedes
on sight.
Resolution :
Even so, the cock has not yet
given up hope of getting his horns
returned. He
ordered his descendants always to call out at the
break
of day: "Give me back my horns!" He still hopes that the
dragon may hear him!
2. Miss Mole Catches a Ghost
Orientation :
Quite often Miss Mole would look after the young ones who
lived in
the woodland, when their parents went
out in the evening.
Evaluation :
"I just love
baby-sitting," sighed Miss Mole, as she gazed at
the
little animals, "you're all such
darlings!" "But we're not
babies,"
grumbled the fieldmice twins,
"we're almost grown up!"
"Well you'll always be
babies to me," giggled Miss Mole, as
she
gave them all a great big hug.But one evening when Miss Mole
was baby-sitting, something
very strange happened ...
All the little animals had
walked over to Miss Mole's house just
before
dark. They were laughing and
joking and making lots of noise as
they
went along.All of a sudden one of the
rabbits heard a strange sound.
Then one
or two of the little animals saw
something move near the top
of the trees."What was that?"
gasped a baby badger as he grabbed
one of the squirrels.
Complication
:
Then, as the wind rustled the leaves on the tree ... they all
saw it ...
a spooky white thing flying
through the branches!"It's a ghost!"
screamed a small hedgehog. And everyone ran as
fast
as they could and landed on a
heap at Miss Mole's front door.
"Whatever is wrong?"
cried Miss Mole as she opened her door,
and in fell all the little animals."We've seen a ghost!"
sobbed
the rabbit. "It's chased
us all the way through the wood, and now it's
up in that tree!"Miss Mole put on her extra
strong glasses and took a
good look."Goodness me," she
gasped, "there it is!"
Resolution :
Right then and there, brave
Miss Mole reached for her longest
broom and pulled something out of the branches above.
"Here's your ghost,"
laughed Miss Mole. "It's a plastic bag.
I lost
it on my way back from the woodland supermarket!"
All the little animals breathed
a big sigh of relief as Miss Mole
took
them inside and closed the door."Gather round and I'll
tell
you a story," she said kindly."As long as it's not a
ghost story,"
whispered
the baby badger.
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