NARRATIVE TEXT 

do you know what narrative text is?

Narrative text is one type of text that tells about a series of events chronologically and connected to each other.  

The nature of narrative text is imaginative or in the form of a fictional story (composition) which has the aim of entertaining the reader.

Narrative Text Characteristics

• Narrative text tells about a story that happened in the past.
• Using nouns or nouns to replace the words animals, people, things in the story.  For example the dwarfs, carriage and so on.
• Usually, they are stories that are already widely known by people and developed in the community.  Examples such as The Rabbit and The Turtle, Malin Kundang and so on.
• The elements of narrative text consist of setting time, place, story theme, character, atmosphere, conflict and resolution.
• Arranged in a simple sequel or several complex sequels.

Generic Structure of Narrative Text

• Orientation, Introduce the characters and describe the settings.
• Complication, Introduce a situation that changes the normal run of events and causes a problem for one or more of the characters.
• Resolution, Resolve the problem so things are back to normal even though changes have occurred.
• Coda, (Optional) Show clearly how the character has changed and what has been learnt.

 Complication consists of three conflicts, namely

•  Natural conflict, natural or inter-universe conflict.
•  Social conflict, conflict between characters or actors.
•  Psychological conflict, inner conflict or self.

Narrative Text Type

• Fairy tale
• Mystery
• Romance
• Horor
• Fable 
• Legend and myth
• History
• Personal experience

Surabaya

At one time there lived two strong animals. They were Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. The two lived together in a river in a dense forest. These two animals had an equation that was to eat greedily.

Due to their gluttony, various foods such as small fishes, crabs and shrimps continued to decrease. Finally, Sura and Baya lacked food.

Once upon a time, Baya went down to the river in search of food close to Sura. Sura got angry, and finally there was a fierce fight. Since they were equally strong then no one won.

Finally, they both decided to divide the river into two, upstream for Baya while downstream for Sura. Some time later there was a prolonged dry season.

The water downstream was getting less and less which made Sura difficult to get food. Finally, Sura went downstream to look for the food. This was known to Baya and in the end there was a violent fight between the two. This caught the attention of many people and watched the fight.

Baya and Sura are both strong and this causes both animals to die. An old man then said “from today I call this place Surabaya, in memory of this unusual event”. People who witnessed this accepted the old man’s statement. From then on it was known as the Surabaya area.

Exercise 

A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories.  There were only a few villages.  If the people wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and unsafe forest.
One day, a farmer’s young wife went to the next village to visit her own mother and brother.  She brought along her baby son.  When it was time for her to leave, her brother said “ it is getting dark.  Let my son, Ah Tim go with you though the forest.”
So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby.  When they were in the forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves.  They began to run to avoid the danger, but Ah Tim kicked against a stone and fell down.  At once the wolves caught him.  The young woman cried to the wolves, “ please eat my own son instead.” Then, she put her baby son on the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away.  Everyone understood that this was because the woman was very good and kind.  She had offered her own son’s life to save her nephew.
They ran back to the house and called for help.  All men in the village fetched thick sticks and went back with her into the forest.  When they got there, they saw something very strange.  Instead of eating the woman’s baby the wolves were playing with him.

1. What separated between one village to another a long time ago in the New Territories ?
A.  Another village
B.  Mountains
C.  Forests
D.  Hills
E.  Towers and logs

2. Who was Ah Tim ?
A.  The young woman’s brother
B.  The young woman’s son
C.  The young woman’s brother and nephew
D.  The young woman’s brother’s son
E.  One of the men who fetched a stick

3. How could the wolves catch Ah Tim ?
A.  He was afraid
B.  He was stumbled by a stone
C.  He ran slowly
D.  The woman cried
E.  The wolves were good runners

4. The woman gave her son to the wolves because
A.  She loved her nephew than her son.
B.  She thought about how her brother would be
C.  She wanted her son was eaten by the wolves
D.  She was crazy
E.  She kept a grudge on his brother

5. What did the villagers bring sticks for ?
A.  For the weapon to beat the wolves
B.  To bring the woman’s nephew
C.  For the fire woods.
D.  For play
E.  For building a house for the woman.

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