NARRATIVE TEXT

BY: IASHA
DEFINITION AND PURPOSE

 NARRATIVE TEXT IS AN IMAGINATIVE STORY TO

ENTERTAIN PEOPLE.

 The basic purpose of Narrative text is to entertain, i.e. to gain and

hold reader’s interest in a story. Moreover, Narrative text can be
make the reader think about an issue, teach them a lesson, or excite
their emotions. (Anderson, 1997)
TYPES
 Fable : A short story that tells a moral thruth, often using animalsas
characters.
 Legend : A very old story or set of stories from ancient timesson.
 Myth : A traditional story especially one concerning the early history
of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon and
typically involving supernatural beings or events.
 Fairy Tales : A fictional short story that features folkloric fantasy
characters which often involves imaginary creatures and magic.
GENERIC STRUCTURE
 Orientation
In this paragraph the writer tells the reader who is in the story, when it is happening,
where it is happening and what it going on.
 Complication
This is the part of the story which tells the beginning of the problems which leads to
the crisis (climax) of the main participants.
 Resolution
In this part the problem (the crisis) is solved, either in a happy ending or in a sad
(tragic) ending
 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
LANGUAGE FEATURES
 Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general. Major
characters are human, or sometimes animals with human characteristics. 
 Mainly action verbs (material process e.g wake up, walk, eat, sleep), but also
many verbs which refer to what the human characters said (verbal), or felt, or
thought (mental)
 Mostly using  past tense. (verb 2)
 Adverb of time (Once upon a time, one day, long time ago, etc)
 Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)
 Dialogue or direct speech often included. It is to make the story alive. During
which the tense may change to the present or future.
 The character can be written in the first person (I, we) or third person (he, she,
they).