NARRATIVE

Communicative Purpose
 The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

Generic Structure
1. Orientation
Sets the scene and introduve the participants (answers the question: who,
when, what and where)
2. Evaluation
The stepping to evaluate the conflict of the story
3. Complication
Tells the problems of the story and how the main characters solve them
4. Resolution
The crisis is resolved, for better or worse
5. Coda (optional)
The message or moral value is sometimes stated clearly

Language Features
Using part action verb: Climbed, Turned, Brought, etc.
1. Using specific noun as pronoun of person, animal in the story. Example: The king, the
queen, etc.
2. Using adjectives which are for noun phrase. Example: Long black, hair, two red
apples, etc.
3. Using time connectives and Conjunctions to arrange the events. Examples: Then,
before, after, soon, etc.
4. Using adverbs and adverbial phrase to show the location of events. Examples: Here,
in the mountain, ever after, etc.
5. Using dialogue to elicit an emotional response from the reader.
6. Using Past Tense
7. Using of variety of simple, compound and complex sentences

Where do you usually find this text

Novels usually uses Narrative text because it is a great way to amuse or to entertain the
reader with a story
TEXT 1

The Ugly Duckling

One upon time, a mother duck sat on her eggs. She felt tired of sitting on them. She
just wished the eggs would break out.
Several days later, she got her wish. The eggs cracked and some cute little ducklings
appeared. "Peep, peep" the little ducklings cried. "Quack, quack" their mother greeted in
return.
However the largest egg had not cracked. The mother duck sat on it for several days. Finally,
it cracked and a huge ugly duckling waddled out. The mother duck looked at him in surprise.
He was so big and very gray. He didn't look like the others at all. He was like a turkey.
When the mother duck brought the children to the pond for their first swimming lesson., the
huge grey duckling splashed and paddled about just as nicely as the other ducklings did.
"That is not a turkey chick. He is my very own son and quite handsome" the mother said
proudly.
However, the other animals didn't agree. They hissed and made fun of him day by day. Even
his own sisters and brothers were very unkind. "You are very ugly" they quacked.
The little poor duckling was very unhappy. "I wish I looked like them" he thought to himself.
One day, the ugly duckling run away and hid in the bushes. The sad duckling lived alone
through the cold and snow winter. Finally the spring flowers began to bloom. While he was
swimming in the pond, he saw three large white swans swimming toward him. "Oh, dear.
these beautiful birds will laugh and peck me too" he said to himself. But the swans did not
attack him. Instead, they swam around him and stroked him with their bills. As the ugly
duckling bent his neck to speak to them, he saw his reflection in the water. He could not
believe his eyes. "I am not an ugly duckling but a beautiful swam" he exclaimed.
He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played with his new friends and was
happier than he had never been.

Communicative Purpose
 To entertain/amuse the reader or to tell stories about a ugly Duckling.
Generic Structure :
1. Orientation
2. Evaluation
3. Complication
4. Resolution
Language Feature :
1. Using specific noun as pronoun of Character in the story : The eggs
2. Using adjectives which are for noun phrase : Huge ugly duckling
TEXT 2
The Smartest Parrot
Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The
parrot could say every word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the
place where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand why the parrot
would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to say Catano however the bird kept
not saying the word.
At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very angry. “You stupid bird!”
pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you”
the man said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the
man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or I’ll kill you”. The
bird kept not to say the word of Catano.
One day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say Catano, the man really
got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked the parrot and threw it into the chicken house.
There were four old chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay
with them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You know, I will cut the
chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he
left the chicken house.
The next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and was very
surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken house. There were three death
chickens on the floor. At the moment, the parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the
last old chicken; “Say Catano or I’ll hit you”.

Answer the following questions based on the text !

1. What is the generic structure of the text ?
a) General classification, description
b) Orientation, Evaluation, Complication, Resolution
c) Issue, conclusion
d) Identification of work, orientation, summary, evaluation
e) Orientation, events, reorientation
2. Which of this statement is true based on the above text?
a) A smart parrot that can’t say “Catano”.
b) A high IQ parrot that can do math
c) A intelligent parrot with his pal komodo
d) Parrot is dumb
e) Reading makes us feel dizzy

3. Synonym of “Wonderful”?
a) Great
b) Interesting
c) Glorious
d) Cool
e) Awesome

4. What is the Complication of the text ?

a) The parrot was too smart
b) Someone Stole the parrot fro the owner
c) A disease attacked the parrot
d) The owner forcing the parrot to say Catano
e) The parrot dies of cancer

5. What is the resolution of the text ?

a) The parrot ran away
b) The parrot was healed
c) The owner killed the bird
d) The owner said sorry
e) The parrot outsmart its owner
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https://freeenglishcourse.info/example-of-narrative-text-the-smartest-parrot/

https://www.academia.edu/8831936/Narrative_Text_Text_and_Questions_

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features.php

http://duoulala.blogspot.com/2013/07/narrative-text-definition-purposes.html