MILA RILYANSYAH FAUZIA NARRATIVE TEXT FACHRIZAL HAFIZH FETY FERAWATY MILA RILYANSYAH FAUZIA SITI CHANDRA WULAN

PURPOSE Narrative text is a text which contains about story (fiction/non fiction/tales/folktales/fables/myths/epic) and its plot consists of climax of the story (complication) then followed by the resolution. A narrative text is a text amuse, entertain and deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. Narrative deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.

GENERIC STUCTURE 1. Orientation: Sets the scene and introduces the participants. 2. Complication: tells the beginning of the problems which leads to the crisis (climax) of the main participants. 3. Resolution: The crisis is resolved, for the better or for worse. 4. Re-orientation: This is a closing remark to the story and it is optional. It consists of a moral lesson, advice or teaching from the writer. Note : Sometimes the writer also put his judgment or a certain event. This is called Evaluation.

KIND OF NARRATIVE Folktales are a general term for different varieties of traditional narrative. The telling of stories appears to be cultural universal. 2. Fables are about animals that can talk and act like a man, or a plant or forces of nature such as lightning or wind. Plants may be able to move and speak and natural forces cause things to happen in the story because of their strength. 3. Fairy tales are stories written specifically for children, often about magical characters such as elves, fairies, goblins, and ogres. Sometimes animal characters. 4. Legends also stories that have been made, but they are different from the myth. Myth reply questions about the workings of nature, and is set in the time long ago, before written history. Legend of the people and the actions or deeds. People are leaving in a more recent and is mentioned in history. Stories submitted for the purpose and is based on the facts, but they do not really exist. 5. Myth a traditional story accepted as history serves to explain the world view of the people. A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact of phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified, and ancient legent of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical.

LANGUAGE FEATURES Using noun phrases Example : a beautiful princess, a cruel witch and a huge temple. Using adverbial of time and place Example : last year, two days ago, in the castle, or in a jungle Using simple past tense Example : a mouse was having a very bad time Using action verb Example : worked, slept, and ran Using adjective phrases Example : Long black hair, bad time, and small hole Chronologically arranged (alur cerita yang tersusun secara kronologis) Use conjungtion

TEXT OF NARRATIVE MALIN KUNDANG Long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatera, lived a woman and her son, Malin Kundang. Malin Kundang's father had passed away when he was a baby, and he had to live hard with his mother. Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong child. He usually went to the sea to catch fish, and brought it to his mother, or sold it in the town. One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing as usual, he saw a merchant's ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates. The merchant was so happy and asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. Malin Kundang agreed. Many years later, Malin Kundang became a wealthty merchant, with a huge ship, loads of trading goods, many ship crews, and a beautiful wife. In his journey, his ship landed on a beach. The villagers reconigzed him, and the news ran fast in the town: Malin Kundang became a rich man and now he is here. His mother, in deepful sadnees after years of loneliness, ran to the beach to meet her beloved son again.

When the mother came, Malin Kundang, in front of his well dressed wife, his crews and his own gloriness, denied to meet that old, poor and dirty woman. For three times she begged Malin Kundang and for three times yelled at him. At last Malin Kundang said to her "Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly peasant!" Then he ordered his crews to set sail. Enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn't apologize. Malin Kundang just laughed and set sail. In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for Malin Kundang to apologized. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship, fell on a small island, and suddenly turned into stone.

Conclusion Narrative text is a text which contains about fantasy, fairy tales, or a true story that has been exaggereted. There is usually a moral to be learned at the end of the story. Example of narrative text can be folk tales, fables, legends,myths short stories, comics, cartoons, and others. Narrative text biasanya terdapat adverb of time atau adverb of place seperti “once upon a time” “one day” “a long time ago” “in the castle” “in the jungle”. Menggunakan simple past, action verb, conjungtion, noun phrases, adjective phrases.