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    MATERIAL FOR 20th and 27th MARCH 2020

    Narrative text is a kind of text that tells a story in the past tense.
    The purpose of text is to entertain or to amuse the readers or listeners about the story.

    Function :
    o To entertain the readers
    o To teach or inform
    o To change social opinion

    The generic structure of Narrative text:

    1. Orientation
    It sets the scene and introduce the participants (it answers the questions: who, when, what,
    and where)

    2. Complication
    Tells the problems of the story and how the main characters solve them (the problems). This
    part includes situations, activities, or events that lead problem/complication to the climax. It
    shows when the crisis arise.

    3. Resolution
    The crisis is revolved for better or worse. It shows the end of the story, usually a happy
    ending.

    The grammatical features of narrative texts are :

     Use of adjectives to build a noun groups to describe the people, animals, or things in the
    story. Such as a nice, dilligent, and kind-hearted man.
     Use of time connectives and conjunctions to sequence events through time, such as however,
    although, later, then.
     Use of adverbial phrases to locate the particular events, such as once upon a time, long time
    ago.
     Use of past tenses, such as Aji Saka went to the kingdom.
     Use of actions verbs to indicate the actions, such as stood, explained, provided, etc.
     Use of saying and thinking verbs to indicate what characters are feeling, thinking, or saying,
    such as told, realized, decided.

    The kinds of narrative texts :


    Legend :Lake Toba, Malin Kundang, etc.
    Fable : Crocodile and Mouse Deer, etc.
    A fairy tale : Snow White, Cinderella, Pinocchio, etc.
    Mystery : Mirror, The Ring Ghost Ship, etc.
    Science fiction : Spiderman, Fantastic 4, etc.

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