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Narrative Text
 Do you like reading?

What kinds of book do you like?

If you like reading the story,

let’s mention some story that you

know!
Kinds of Story That is
Familiar

Those are Cinderella, Malin

Kundang, Tangkuban Perahu, Snow
White, and so on.
Those story are called;

Narrative text
 Narrative Text
Narrative text is part of genre. Narrative is

the text which tell something. On the other words,

narrative is created by someone for telling the

story. It is including into fiction story. The purpose

of this text is to amuse or to entertain the readers

and the listeners. Narrative text also have the

generic structure same as the others kinds of text.

 These are the generic
structure of Narrative text :

Orientation: in this part, it will introduce the

characters in the story. It can be name, place,etc.
It is usually occur in the first of paraghraph.

Complication: it is increasing the problem. It can

call climax of the story when the crisis is rising up.

Resolution: it is time to slove the problem. It

usually call anti-climax, it means that the problem
can be solved, even bad or good ending.
 This is the example

of narrative text with

the generic stucture explanation

 Snow White

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle
because her parents were dead. ORIENTATION
One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because
they both wanted to go to America and they didnt have enough money to take Snow White.
Snow White didnt want her uncle and aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she ran away.
The next morning she ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast.
She ran away into the woods. Then she saw a little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she
Went inside and fell asleep. Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work.
They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up.
She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, Whats your name? Snow White said,
My name is Snow White. COMPLICATION
Doc, one of the dwarfs said, If you wish, you may live here with us. Snow White said, Oh could
Thank you. Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the seven dwarfs
lived happily ever after. RESOLUTION
Exercise for Reading

Read the narrative text about The Legend of Lake Toba and complete the
following questions.
The legend of Lake Toba

There was a fisherman who lived in Batak Land. His name was Batara Guru Sahala.
When he was angling, he caught a fish. He was surprised to find that fish because the fish
could talk and it begged to set it free. He did accordingly. After getting free, the fish changed
into a beautiful woman and Sahala fell in love with her. Sahala asked her to marry him and
the woman received him. However, she asked his promised not to tell anyone the secret
that she was once a fish. They were very happily married, and got two daughters.
It was a pity on Sahala. One day when he got very angry with his daughters, he forgot his
promise and he broke it. He told his daughters that they were the daughters of a fish.
His wife could not forgive him. Suddenly, the earth began to shake and volcanoes started to
erupt. The earth cracked and formed a big hole. People said that the hole became Lake Toba.
Answer the questions by choosing the right one.

1. What does the text tell us about?

a. The story of Lake Toba
b. The story of a fisherman
c. The story of a family
d. The story of a region

2. What the generic structure of the first paragraph?

a. Resolution
b. Orientation
c. Complication
d. Re-Orientation

3. Who is the main character in this story?

a. Mother
b. Batak people
c. Sahala and his Mother
d. Lake Toba
 Exercise for Speaking

Please find out the Narrative text, then you

have to retell the story by your own words.