A. The Definition of Narrative Text

A.
The definition of narrative text
Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to

find the resolutions to solve the problems. An important part of narrative text is
the narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through
a process narration.
B. The purpose of narrative text
The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a

story.
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. Language Features of Narrative
 Using processes verbs

 Using temporal conjunction
 Using Simple Past Tense
– 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)
E. Elements of narrative text
Before developing During Reading strategies for narrative text, you'll need to
know the structure, or elements, of it first. The elements of narrative text are:
 vocabulary
 character
 plot
 setting
 theme
Vocabulary - For both primary and secondary students this element of narrative
text is crucial to comprehension. As students encounter more complex pieces of
literature, they will find unfamiliar English words, dialect, archaic expressions,
figures of speech and idioms that puzzle native English speakers and become
huge hurdles for English language learners.
Character - The personality of each character plays an important role in the

story. Students need to be guided to literal descriptions of each character and
inferences that can be made about each character, using specific text from the
story. Using a character map/web can help students understand how to use what
is written and background knowledge to construct a "picture" of each character.
Creating character maps fairly early in a story may help students make informed
predictions, which in turn, engages them in the story as they read to confirm or
refute their predictions.
Plot - Very simple stories can usually be explained using the Beginning - Middle
- End story structure. In the beginning you usually find out: 1) who the story is
about, 2) where the story takes place, and 3) what the problem is. In the middle,
you usually find three attempts at solving the problem. In the end, you usually
find the solution to the problem. Most stories are variations of this simple
structure.
Setting - This important component is usually found in the beginning of the story
and provides clues regarding some of the background information the reader
needs to understand the story. If the setting is sufficiently foreign to the student,
the teacher will need to build background information to enhance comprehension.
Theme - The overall lesson or observation regarding human nature is, many
times, the theme of a story or book. Specific types of themes can be found in
different genres. For example, fairy tales usually have the theme that everything
works out fine - "happily ever after." Students must be able to summarize and
generalize to recognize the theme of a story.
F. The types of narratives are:
Queen of Arabia and Three Sheiks

Maura, who like to be thought of as the most beautiful and powerful queen of
Arabia, had many suitors. One by one she discarded them, until her list was
reduced to just three sheiks. The three sheiks were all equally young and
handsome. They were also rich and strong. It was very hard to decide who would
be the best of them.
One evening, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the three
sheiks. As they were about to have dinner, A. fable: Simple fable is a story
about animal which behave like human
B. myths: stories that are believed by some people but the stories can not be
true. It was told in an ancient culture to explain a practice, belief, or natural
occurrence
C. legend: It simple a story which relates to on how a place is formed
D. fairy tales:Story which relate much which magic things
E. science fiction story: Story which explore the science as the background or
plot of the whole story
F. short stories: Story fo one or two pages
G. parables: Story that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles.
Parable differs from a fable.
H. novels: Long even very long and complex story.
I. horror story: A story with horror contents.
G. Example of narrative text

Maura asked them for something to eat. The first gave her some left over food.
The second Sheik gave her some unappetizing camel’s tail. The third sheik, who
was called Hakim, offered her some of the most tender and tasty meat. After
dinner, the disguised queen left the sheik’s camp.
The following day, the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace.
She ordered her servant to give each one exactly what they had given her the
evening before. Hakim, who received a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat it if
the other two sheiks could not share it with him.
This Sheik Hakim’s act finally convinced Queen Maura that he was the man
for her. “Without question, Hakim is the most generous of you” she announced
her choice to the sheiks. “So it is Hakim I will marry”.
Narrative Complication in Generic Structure

As it is said many times that, the heart of narrative text is the existence of the
complication. It will drive the plot of the story to keep amusing. The existence of
conflict inside the Queen Maura is what builds the story keep running. The
psychological conflict inside Maura, which she strikes against herself, is arousing
the reader’s attention to continue reading the story. They want to know what next
will
happen, who will be chosen by Queen Maura; in what way she will decide who
the best is. Keeping knowing them really entertaining as well increasing the
moral value added.
Orientation: the text introduces the Queen Maura and three sheiks in Arabia
once time.
Complication: Queen Maura finds out that it was very difficult to choose one as
the best among them.
Resolution: finally Queen Maura has a convincing way to choose one and he is
Sheik Hakim.
References
https://Britishcourse.com/narrative-complete-explanation.php
https://Duoulala.blogspot.com/2013/07/narrative-text-definition-purpose.html
https://pakpuguh.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/1-naarative-text/
http://britishcourses.com/narrative-text-definition-purpose-generic-
structures;language-features.php
https://bb.plsweb.com/RAC_NAV/m4/m4topica-key.html

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The definition of narrative text

Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to

B. The purpose of narrative text

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

C. Generic Structures of Narrative Text

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

D. Language Features of Narrative

 Using processes verbs

– Past tense (killed, drunk, etc)

E. Elements of narrative text

Character - The personality of each character plays an important role in the

F. The types of narratives are:

Queen of Arabia and Three Sheiks

G. Example of narrative text

Narrative Complication in Generic Structure

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