Narrative Text adalah contoh bahasa inggris yang bersifat bercerita.
Narrative Text Generic Structure adalah Orientation Yaitu berisi tentang
pengenalan tokoh, waktu, serta tempat kejadiannya, Complication Yaitu
gambaran masalah yang di alami oleh tokoh pada cerita yang harus
dipecahkan. Resolution Yaitu bagaimana tokoh tsb menyelesaikan masalah.
Narrative text definition : 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.
Maksudnya adalah : teks yang berisi tentang kisah (fiksi / non fiksi / dongeng / cerita
rakyat / dongeng / mitos / epik) dan plot yang terdiri dari klimaks
cerita (komplikasi) kemudian diikuti oleh resolusi. Sebuah teks naratif
adalah teks yang menghibur, menghibur dan berurusan dengan pengalaman
nyata atau perwakilan dengan cara yang berbeda.
Narrative Text adalah teks yang isinya merupakan cerita atau kisah tentang sesuatu.
Contoh narrative text: cerita rakyat (
folktale), cerita binatang (
fable), Legenda (
legend), cerita pendek
(short story),
dan sejenisnya. Di dalamnya terdapat konflik/puncak masalah yang
diikuti dengan penyelesaian. Fungsi utama teks ini adalah untuk berkisah
atau menghibur pembaca.
1. Generic Structure:
- Orientation: berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)
- Complication: Berisi puncak konflik/masalah dalam cerita. Sebuah cerita boleh memiliki complication lebih dari satu.
- Resolution: Pemecahan masalah. Bisa berakhir dengan kegembiraan (happy ending) bisa pula berakhir dengan kesedihan (sad ending).
Catatan:
Terkadang juga susunannya (generic structure): Orientation, Complication, Evaluation, Resolution dan Reorientation. Untuk “Evaluation” dan “Reorientation” merupakan optional; bisa ada bisa tidak. Evaluation berisi penilaian/evaluasi terhadap jalannya cerita atau konflik. Sedangkan Reorientation berisi penyimpulan isi akhir cerita.
2. Grammatical features menggunakan tenses “past”
3. Sering menggunakan kata penghubung waktu (temporal conjunction), misalnya: once upon a time, one day, long time ago, …
Contoh Narrative Text 1:
The Origin of the city Surabaya
Once upon a time , there were two animals , Sura and Baya name . Sura
is the name of the Beast is the Beast shark and Baya the crocodile .
They live in the deep sea . After Sura and Baya were looking for some
food . Suddenly, Baya see a nice goat . " Yummy is good , this is the
most delicious lunch , " said Baya . ' No way ! This is my lunch . You
greedy " Sura said . Later they fought for goats . After several hours
of fighting, they were very tired . Feels tired of fighting , they live
in different places . Sura Baya live in the water and stay in the
country.
Border is the beach , so they do not will fight again . Someday , Sura
went to the ground and look for some food in the river . he was very
hungry and there was not much food in the sea . Baya was very angry when
he knew that Sura broke a promise . they fight again . They both
punching and kicking . tail Sura Baya fight . Baya did the same thing to
Sura . He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and returned to the
sea . Baya happy . named his final city of Surabaya .
Contoh Narrative Text 2:
The story of Toba Lake
Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He
lived in a simple hut in a farming field. The did some gardening and
fishing for his daily life.
One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in
his trap. It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life.
Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess. He felt in
love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; "Yes, but you
have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a
fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster". The man made the deal
and they got married, lived happily and had a daughter.
Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father
out in the fields. One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his
father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and
shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home and
asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband
had broke his promise.
Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster
was about to come. When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a
big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got
flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man
became the island of Samosir.
Contoh Narrative Text 3:
The to be king poor monkey wants
Once happy monkey dance at gatherings of animals, and they are
all very pleased with his performance that they elected him their king. A
Fox, envying him the honor, discovered a piece of meat lying in a trap,
and leading the Monkey to the spot, said that he had found a shop in
the woods, but do not use it, he had been saving for him as treasure
trove of his kingdom, and counseled him to seize it .
Monkey approached carelessly and was caught in a trap, and on his
accusing the Fox deliberately took him into a trap, he replied, "Oh
Monkey, and you, with your mind like you, will be the King of animals?
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