NARATIVE TEXT

By
Name:Resta Indah Rahayu
Class:XI IPA 5
Number:26
1.Purpose Narative Text
The purpose of narative text is to amuse or to entertain the
reader with a story.
2.Generic structure of narrative text
Orientation :It is about the opening paragraph where
characters of the story are introduced.
Complication :Where the problems in the story developed.
Resolution :Where the problems in the story is solved.

3.Language Feature
•Past tense (killed,drunk,etc)
•Adverb of time (Once upon a time,one day,etc)
•Time conjunction (When,then,suddenly,etc)

•Specific character
•Action verbs (run, walk, cry, scream,etc)
•Direct and indirect speech
 EXAMPLE OF NARATIVE TEXT
Let me Love You

Once upon a time,there was once a guy who was very much in love with this girl.
This romantic guy folded 1,000 pieces of papercranes as a gift to his girl. Although, at
that time he was just a small executive in his company, his future doesn’t seem too
bright, they were very happy together. Until one day, his girl told him she was going to
Paris and will never come back. She also told him that she cannot visualise any future
for the both of them, so let’s go their own ways there an then... Heartbroken, the guy
agreed.
When he regained his confidence, he worked hard day and night, just to make
something out of himself. Finnaly with all these hard work and with the help of friends,
this guy had set up his own company...
“You never fail until you stop trying.”he always told himself. “I must make it in
life!”One rainy day,while this guy was driving, he saw an elderly couple sharing an
umbrella in the rain walking to some
destination.Even with the umbrella, they were still drenched.It didn’t take
him long to realise those were his ex-girlfriend’s parents, With a heart in
getting back at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to
spot him in his luxury saloon.He wanted them to know that he wasn’t the
same anymore, he had his own company, car, condo, etc.He had made in
in life!
Before the guy can realise, the couple was walking towards a
cemetery, and he got out of his car and followed them...and he saw his
exgirlfriend, a photograph of her smilig sweetly as ever at him from her
tomstone... And he saw his precious papercranes in a bottle placed beside
her tomb. Her parents saw him. He walked over and asked them why this
had happened. Thet explained that she did not leave for France at all. She
was stricken ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he will
make it someday, but she did not want her illness to be his obstacle...
Therefore she had chosen to leave him.
She had wanted her parents to put his papercranes beside her,
because,if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take
some of those back with him.The guy just wept.
QUESTIONS

1.The main character of the story is ...

aAguy a family
C
aBgirl a groupDof people
a couple ofEhusband and wife
2. Why did the guy break up with his girlfriend?
AHe wanted to concentrate on his career.
BThe girl said that she wanted to go to Paris and would not come
back.
CThe guy had found another girl for him.
DThe girl’s parents did not allow her to marry the man.
EThe guy’s parents did not like the girl at all.
3. He ... after he broke up with his girlfriend.
Amet the girl’s parents
Bgot married with another girl
Cgot very frustrated
Dregained his confidence and worked very hard
Efound another girl who could understand him a lot
4. Finally, he could ...
Arecover himself after a long period of frustration
Bfind another woman and got married with her
Cfind her and got married and lived happily ever after
Destablish his own company and succeeded in his business
meet the girl again and got married with her
E
5. ..., he saw his ex-girlfriend’s parents going to the cemetery.
AWhen he was driving his saloon
BWhen he was in his office
CWhen he is in a funerul
DWhen he was in a vacation
EWhen he visited a friend’s house
6. He wanted to show his ex-girlfriend’s parents that ...
he had got another girl and was ready to get married
A
his parents were their friends
B
their daughter did a bad thing by leaving him
C
he was happy to break up with their daughter
D
he had become a rich man after he broke up with their daughter
E
7. Actually, the girl died because of ...
cancer
A
an accident
B
a fire in Paris
C
committing suicide
D
giving birth
E
8. Why did the girl want her parents put the papercranes next to her
tomb?
because she wanted the man to know that she loved him
A
because she hated the papercranes
B
because her parents did not know where to put it
C
because her parents told her to
D
because the man asked her to do
E
9. The man knew that she ... and he could only weep next to her
tombstone
A
hated him
B
died
always
C loved him
got
D to Paris
left
E him
10. “... if teh day comes when fate brings him to her again he can
take some of those back with him.”What does the statement
mean?
A wanted her parents to bring him to her
She
She
B wanted the man to take back his papercranes
She
C hated the papercranes so that she wanted the man to take
them back
D believed that the girl would return his papercranes
He
E girl wanted the man to know that she loved him very much
The
QUESTIONS
1. Who the main character of the story ?
2. Why did the guy break up with his girlfriend?
3. What do guy after he broke up with his girlfriend?
4. What happened finally when guy worked hard day and night?
5. When guy saw his ex-girlfriend’s parents going to the cemetery?
6. What wanted guy to show his ex-girlfriend’s parents?
7. Why the girl died?
8. How order she to parents?
9. Why did the girl want her parents put the papercranes next to her
tomb?
10. “..if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take
some of those back with him.”What does the statements mean?
KEY ANSWERS
1. A guy
2. The girl said that she wanted to go to Paris and would not come
back
3. Regained his confidence and worked very hard
4. Establish his own company and succeeded in his business
5. When he was driving his saloon
6. He had become a rich man after he broke up with their daughter
7. Because the girl stricken ill with cancer
8. She had wanted her parents to put his papercranes beside her
9. Because if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he
can take some of those back with him
10. The girl wanted the man to know that she loved him very much
 LANGUAGE FEATURES BASED ON THE TEXT

PAST TENSE
a. Once upon a time,there was once a guy who was very much in
love with this girl.
b. Until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and will
never come back
c. It didn’t take him long to realise those were his ex-girlfriend’s
parents
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
 DIRECT SPEECH
He always told himself. “I must make it in life!”.
 INDIRECT SPEECH
His girl told him she was going to Paris and will never come back.
They explained that she did not leave for France at all.