Hi, friends! today I will share material about narrative text.

I hope you pay attention, and have a good learning!

A. Definition and function of narrative text.

Narrative text is a type of text in the form of fantasy stories, fabricated true stories, or fairy tales. Narrative text tells a story that has a chronological sequence of events that are interconnected. The purpose of narrative text is to entertain the reader.
B. Text structure (generic structure).
The structure of the narrative text is as follows:
-Orientation: an introduction or an opening in the form of an introduction to character, time and place.
-Complication: the development of conflict or the emergence of problems in the story.
-Resolution: conflict resolution or steps taken to respond to the problem.
-Re-orientation: closing expressions that indicate the end of a story. Re-orientation is optional or not always in narrative text.
-Coda: changes that occur in characters and lessons / moral values ​​that can be learned from the story. Coda is also optional.

Okay, now I will share an example of narrative text

The Story of Toba Lake

 

 Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field. The did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.

One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess. He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; “Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster”. The man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had a daughter.

Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.

Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come. When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir.

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