Narrative Text

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Material 1
Writing Comprehension Through Narrative Text

a.     Definiton:

A narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people (teks narasi adalah cerita imaginatif yang bertujuan menghibur orang).

b.      Generic Structure of Narrative Text

·         Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)

·         Complication : Where the problems in the story developed. (Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)

·         Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai, secara baik “happy ending” ataupun buruk “bad ending”.

·         Coda / reorientation (optional) – lesson from the story 

c.       The Social Function 

The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

d.      The Characteristics / Language Feature of Narrative Text:
– Past tense (killed, drunk, etc)
– Adverb of time (Once upun a time, one day, etc)
– Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)
– Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general. (Cinderella, Snow White, Alibaba, etc)
– Action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked, etc)
– Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. (Snow White said,”My name is Snow White). The direct speech uses present tense.

source : http://britishcourse.com/narrative-text-definition-purposes-generic-structures-language-features.php


Task 1
Watch and listen the video carefully then try to answer the questions relate to the video



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