Narrative Text

 

Definition

 Narrative Text is a type of text that tells an imaginary / fictional story with the aim of entertaining in a chronologically interrelated manner. 

As an imaginary story, Narrative Text is not necessarily true, because it is only based on the imagination of a person or group of people whose truth is not proven. 

A narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people. 

General Structure

 To make a Narrative Text, it is endeavored to contain the general structure of the Narrative Text itself, such as:

Orientation

This section contains an opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced. (Contains the place, character, and time to read the story, who and when) ( 

Complications

The problem parts of the story begin to develop. (Problems start to arise or begin to occur and begin to develop) 

Resolution

The problem parts of the story begin to be resolved. The problem is resolved, either in a happy "happy ending" or a "bad ending" or bad. 

Coda / reorientation (optional)

A section explaining lessons learned from the story. 

Linguistic Elements (The Characteristics / Language Feature) 

The following are the linguistic elements of Narrative Text / The Characteristics / Language Feature of Narrative Text: 

Past tense

(Killed, drunk, went, won, sent, etc)

Adverb of time

(Once upon a time, today, one day, will, yesterday, later, etc) (At any time, today, one day, will, yesterday, later, etc.). 

Time conjunction

(When, then, suddenly, before, after, until, a soon as, etc) (when, then, suddenly, before, after, arrived, immediately, etc.). 

Specific characters / use of specific story characters, not general ones. 

(Cinderella, Alibaba, Snow White, Tangled, Ariel, etc.) 

Action verbs / verbs that indicate an action

(Killed, walked, wrote, stayed, dug, etc)

Read out live speech to make the story come alive (Direct speech). 

(Princess said, "My name is Princess) (Princess said," My name is Princess). Live speech using the present tense. 

Saying and thinking verb 

A verb that denotes utterance or reporting. (Said, told, thought, etc) (said, told, thought, etc.).

Characteristic features 

The following are the characteristics of Narrative Text, including:

 1. Narrative Text tells a story from the past.

 2. Using a noun (noun) to replace the animal, person, or object in the story. (The Dwarfs, Carriage, etc) (Dwarves, Carriages, etc.). 

3. More of a folk tale or already known and developed in the community as a shared story even though it can be recounted in different versions of the story. (Malin Kundang / Indonesia: Tanggang / Malaysia) 

4. The elements of the story consist of time and place settings, story themes, story characters, story atmosphere, conflict and resolution. 

5. Can be arranged into a simple sequence or composed of several complex sequences. *) Sequence is a series of statements in which the execution is sequential / coherent. What is found first will be done first and if the order of the statements is reversed it will have a different meaning. 

Type 

The following are several types of Narrative Text, including: 

Fable

A story that tells about an animal. 

Myth

This story or myth has developed a lot in society and is generally considered to be a factual story or actually happened. 

Legend 

A folk tale that tells how the origin of a place exists. 

Folk tale

A story that is told from generation to generation so that it becomes a part of the community's traditions. 

Fairy tales

Folk stories or children's stories which contain elements of the magic / impossibility of the characters in the story and at the end contain moral messages. 

Love story

A love story emphasizes the theme of the story, which is the struggle to get love for the main character. 

Besides that, there are also other types such as: Science fiction, Horror, Mystery, History, Slice of life, Personal experience, etc.