Narrative Text

Guys,semester lalu kita udah mempelajari kan yang namanya Narrative Text bukan ? Nah di semester 2 ini kita akan balik mempelajarinya tapi tentu dong sumbernya berbeda.Supaya kita tambah tau lebih rinci lagi nih yah,langsung aja yukk cekidooottt :D

Narrative text is a text that is used for the purpose of entertaining or amusing, creating ,stimulating emotions,motivating,guiding and teaching the readrs or the listeners and it usually deals with actual or vicious experience .

Narrative text such as : fable ( Mouse Deer and Crocodile ),legend/folk tables ( Sangkuriang ,Malin Kundang ),Fairy Tale ( Sleeping Beauty,Snow White ,Pinochio )

The generic of Narrative text :

1. Orientation : It sets  the scene and introduces the participants ( it answer the    questions = who,when,what,where )
2. Evaluation : A stepping back to evaluate the plight ( the information about  the narrator’s point of view ) .It’s optional.
3. Complication : A crisis or a problem arises.It usually involves the main characters
4. .Resulation   : A solution to the problem ( for better or worse ) main characters find ways to solve the problem.

Some important point in the story of narrative text are :

• It uses temporal conjunction : ex once upon a time ,before,after,etc.
• It uses simple past tense        : ex  there lived a……….one day…there was …etc

example of Narrative text :

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet lived in Verona. They met at a party and it was love at first sight. Their families were enemies so the young couple could not meet in the open. It’s so sad, isn’t it? They got married in secret with the help of a priest, Friar Laurence, and Juliet’s maid.

Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, hated Romeo and the Montagues. One day he met Romeo and his friend Mercutio in the street. They had a sword fight and Mercutio was killed. Romeo was so upset that he attacked and killed Tybalt in revenge.

And then … as a result of this, Romeo had to leave Verona to save his life. He visited Juliet secretly that night and then left for Mantua. In the meantime …Juliet’s parent’s wanted Juliet to marry Paris, a friend of the family. They arrange the marriage and Juliet was horrified. She asked Friar Laurence to help her. He suggested a plan. He gave her a drug to make her sleep for a long time and appear dead to everyone else. When Juliet woke up, she could join Romeo in Mantua. Friar Laurence promised to write to Romeo and explain the plan.

The night before the wedding, Juliet took the drug and her family found her ‘dead’ in the morning. The wedding celebration turned into a funeral. Unfortunately, Romeo never received the letter from Friar Laurence. He returned to Verona. When he found Juliet’s body, he thought she was dead and he was so devastated that he killed himself. When Juliet woke up and saw Romeo lying dead beside her, she killed herself too with his dagger. 

As a result of this tragic series of events, the Capulets and the Montagues agreed to stop fighting and live in peace together.