Narrative

Text
Introduction
what does narrative
means?
narrative (n) : a story or a
description of a series of
events
narrative (adj) : telling a
story or describing a series
of events
Types of Narrative
Text
1. Folklore
2. Fictional Narrative
3. Factual Narrative
 Folklore
the traditional stories, beliefs, and
customs of a group of people
• Myth
• Legend
• Tales
 Ficional Narrative
imaginary stories / made-up stories
• Short stories
• Novels
• Fables
• Fairy tales
 Factual Narrative
Stories based on facts or factual events
• Biography
• Autobiography
• Memoir
 Why does
Narrative Text
exist?
 The Purpose of
narrative text is to
amuse/ entertain
the readers
 What
constructs the
narrative text?
 Generic
Structure of
Narrative Text
1. Orientation
2. Complication
3. Resolution
4. Re-orientation/ coda
 Language
Features of
1. TheNarrative Text
use of simple past tense (walked, went,
was, etc.)
2. The use of Adverb of time (long time ago,
once, etc.)
3. The use of time conjunction (when, then,
suddenly, etc.)
4. The use of action verbs (walk, go, take, etc.)
The Origin of Rawa Pening

Once upon a time, in the old Java there was a village. It was Pening. Pening was a prosperous village. Once a year,
they held a ceremony called ‘Berseh desa’. It was a kind of thanks giving day.
One day after a succesful harvest, they would celebrate it. They wanted more meat for dinner so they went hunting
animals for meals in the woods. The people of the village had hunted the animals but they got nothing at the area.
When it was almost dark, they were very tired so they took a rest. They sat on something that look like a rock and
a big root. Then suddenly someone chopped the big root. They chopped more and more. Then, they collected the
meat of the root in bags they brought. After their bags were full of meat, they were satisfied and went home
happily.
That night, just as the Pening people were preparing dinner, a young boy came to the village. He looked very poor
and was no good looking of skin disease. He asked for some food to some people there, but nobody would like to
give the meal for him. Finally, there was an old poor widow who took care of him. She gave him simple food and
shelter for him. The boy then introduced himself and told the old woman about what the people did to him. The
boy said, “I will take my revenge, but I will save you, so prepare a boat for you"
Some boys were playing in the yard when the young boy came to them. He challenged the boys to take out the
bamboo stick he jabbed into the ground. Everyone tried to pull it out but no one succeeded. The boy then revealed
his true identity to the villagers and he effortlessly pulled out the bamboo stick from the ground. Amazingly, the
water poured heavily from the ground. The water immediately became flood in that village. Finally, the whole
village and all people sank under water. They were all drowned and died in the lake. There was only one survivor.
Simple Past
Tense
 when do we
use simple past
tense?
 we use simple past
tense when we want to
describe events
happened in the past
• The boy ran towards his mother.
• Mbok Rondo gave cucumber seeds
to Timun Emas.
• His mother cursed Malin Kundang.
• Pinocchio wasn’t very happy.
• Cinderella didn’t go to the party
 Subject + Verb
(2)
Subject + did not +
Verb infinitive
Subject +
was/were + not +
adj
 Let’s Rehearse!
1. The dragon ....... (fly) away.
2. The boy ...... (come) into the village.
3. Pinocchio ..... (tell, not) him the truth.
4. The old woman ...... (help) the poor
little boy.
5. His mother ........ (be) very angry.
 Let’s Wrap It Up!
Narrative text is a type of genre which
talks about a story or sequence of
events.
Narrative text is intended to entertain or
amuse the reader.
 Let’s Wrap It Up!
Narrative text is constructed with
orientation, complication, resolution,
and re-orientation.
Narrative text uses simple past tense,
adverb of time, action verbs, and
sometimes it uses direct speech.
 Let’s Wrap It Up!
simple past tense is used to express the
past events or past experience.

simple past tense uses second form

verbs in positive sentence, and uses
auxiliary and verb infinitive in negative
and interrogative sentence.
Thank You