Narrative text Climax - The point of crisis in the plot.

It may
 tells a story from a particular point of be the readers point of highest interest.
view and can be presented using words, Falling action - The action in the story after
images and/or sounds. the climax is revealed.
 Its purpose is to narrate events, Resolution - The part of the plot that reveals
entertain and engage the reader in an the final outcome.
imaginative way.
 often contain structural and Example:
character elements that should be
familiar toyou. Mount Kinabalu
Elements of Narrative Text Long ago on the top of Mount Kinabalu in
Plot Borneo, there lived a dragon. He owned a
Theme large and beautiful pearl. People believed
Setting that he controlled the weather with it.
Characters
Point of view
The emperor of China heard this and wanted
Characterization
the pearl. He sent his two sons, Wee Ping
and Wee San to Borneo to steal it. The
 THEME
princess, together with one hundred soldiers,
The main idea of a literary work, usually
set sail for Borneo in twelve sailing junks.
expressed as a generalization.

 SETTING When they arrived in Borneo they set out

The time and place in which a work of literature immediately to find the famous mountain.
happens. Their journey up the rugged slopes of mount
Kinabalu proved very difficult. The dragon
 CHARACTERS guarded his cave very fiercely and killed
The people (or actors) in the story. many of their soldiers.

 POINT OF VIEW Then Wee San had a clever idea. He

The story teller from whose point of view the climbed a tall tree, so he could see the
story is being told, the narrator. dragon's cave. He noted what time the
1st POV – the character is in the story, relating dragon left his cave to hunt for food and
his or her experiences directly. It uses the what time he returned to it.
pronouns, I, me, we, and us.
2nd POV – the story is told to “you”. This POV is Next he ordered his men to make a fake
not common in fiction. pearl and a large kite. He waited until the
3rd POV – has a narrator who is not a character dragon left his cave. Then he placed he
in the story, but sees into each character’s mind placed the fake pearl in a bag, slung it across
and understands all the actions going on. This his shoulder and flew up to the mountain-top
POV uses pronouns such as he, she and they. on the kite. He exchanged the pearl for the
fake one and then his brother pulled his kite
back to the ground.
 CHARACTERIZATION
The description of the personalities of the
The brothers quickly returned to their ships
characters in the story and the way in which an
and set sail for China. They sailed safely
author reveals their personalities.
home. The Emperor was thrilled with the
pearl and gave a big party to celebrate his
 PLOT
sons' return.
The sequence or order of events in a story. The
plot includes
Exposition - The part of the plot that
tells how the story begins.
Rising Action - The action in the story leading
up to the climax.
Conflict - Struggles or problems between
opposing forces.