N A R R AT A T I V E T E X T: T: D E F I N I T I O N , P U R P O S E S , GENERIC STRUCTURES AND EXAMPLE OF N A R R AT AT I V E T E X T 09.18
NARRATIVE TEXT - The definition, purposes, generic structures andexample of Narrative text A. The definition of narrative text Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems. An important part of narrative text is the narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a process narration. B. The purpose of narrative text
The Purpose of Narrative Text Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story. C. Generic Structures of Narrative Text 1) rientation
!ets the scene" where and when the story happened and introduces the participants of the story" who and what is involved in the story. #) $omplication
Tells the beginning of the problems which leads Tells l eads to the crisis %climax) of the main participants. &) 'esolution
The problem %the crisis) is resolved, either in a happy ending or in a sad %tragic) ending
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This is a closing remar+ to the story and it is optional. t consists of a moral lesson, advice or teaching from the writer . Exa!p"e of Narrative Text The Ugly Duckling
ne upon time, a mother duc+ sat on her eggs. !he felt tired of sitting on them. !he -ust wished the eggs would brea+ out.
!everal days later, she got her wish. The eggs crac+ed and some cute little duc+lings appeared. Peep, peep the little duc+lings cried. /uac+, 0uac+ their mother greeted in return.
owever the largest egg had not crac+ed. The mother duc+ sat on it for several days. 2inally, it crac+ed and a huge ugly duc+ling waddled out. The mother duc+ loo+ed at him in surprise. e was so big and very gray. e didn3t loo+ li+e the others at all. e was li+e a tur+ey.
4hen the mother duc+ brought the children to the pond for their first swimming lesson., the huge grey duc+ling splashed and paddled about -ust
as nicely as the other duc+lings did. That is not a tur+ey chic+. e is my very own son and 0uite handsome the mother said proudly.
owever, the other animals didn3t agree. They hissed and made fun of him day by day. 5ven his own sisters and brothers were very un+ind. 6ou are very ugly they 0uac+ed.
The little poor duc+ling was very unhappy. wish loo+ed li+e them he thought to himself. ne day, the ugly duc+ling run away and hid in the bushes. The sad duc+ling lived alone through the cold and snow winter. 2inally the spring flowers began to bloom. 4hile he was swimming in the pond, he saw three large white swans swimming toward him. h, dear. these beautiful birds will laugh and pec+ me too he said to himself. 7ut the swans did not attac+ him. nstead, they swam around him and stro+ed him with their bills. As the ugly duc+ling bent his nec+ to spea+ to them, he saw his reflection in the water. e could not believe his eyes. am not an ugly duc+ling but a beautiful swam he exclaimed.
e was very happy. 2rom that day on, he swam and played with his new friends and was happier than he had never been. NA'A! T58T" 952N!, T:;:AN, !T':
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$. =eneric !tru+tur Narrative Text 1) rientasi !et adegan" di mana dan +apan cerita ter-adi dan memper+enal+an peserta dari cerita" siapa dan apa yang terlibat dalam cerita. #)
Namun, hewan lain tida+ setu-u. ere+a mendesis dan mengolo+olo+ dia dari hari +e hari. 7ah+an saudara dan saudarasaudaranya sendiri yang sangat tida+ bai+.
