A narrative is a story that is created in a constructive format (as a work of speech, literature, pictures, song, motion pictures, television, video games, theater, musical theater, or dance) that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events. Purpose a narrative serves to entertain or inform readers by telling them a story. Structure A narrative has a number of parts:
Orientation – who, when, where •
Complication – event that causes a complication; there may be more than one in a story.
Descriptive words are used to give information about characters and events.
Evaluation – reaction by characters to the complication • Resolution – solution to the problem.
Coda (optional) – lesson from the story
Language features of a narrative
Description of characters and places using:
– Adjectives to describe nouns – heavy, frosty, transparent, grumpy
– Adverbs – to describe verbs – quickly, secretly, quietly, energetically, suddenly
– Similes – to compare one thing with another, using like or as … as – as bright as the moon, the kiss felt like a butterfly’s wings against her cheek
-Time words – Once upon a time, long ago, then, last week
Verbs indicating actions in the story – hid, ate, ran, whispered, looked
Examples of an narrative Fiction novels like adventure and fantasy, spoken and written stories
Snow White and 7 Dwarfs 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 didn’t have enough money to take Snow White. Snow White didn’t 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, “What’s your name?” Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.” Doc, one of the dwarfs said, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.
5 responses to “Narrative Text”
mubin amrulloh
January 11th, 2011 at 13:01
it is interesting type of text.I want to make it may I post it in my blog and share my link to you…..
mubinamrull89
January 11th, 2011 at 13:15
It is interesting type of text.
I want to make it may I post it in my blog and share my link to you……
kiswantossestudent09
January 11th, 2011 at 17:27
Off course you may, you can make your own text and share the link in this blog. it’s very pleasure. Happy write 🙂
riitariitahe
January 11th, 2011 at 18:24
We will be more happy if you share your ideas in page discussion after trying to create your own story.. ^0^
Intann Futriena Rizqi
January 23rd, 2011 at 10:51
For this narrative text, in my opinion it is good. there are little more than me to clarify the content of the story. Because I believe there is any missing part of this structure. in the descriptive report that includes information about the characters and events. Here as indicated by the snow white fled into the forest, but in this text the author didn’t include the reason why Snow White fell asleep? Maybe it was a lot of people know this story, but it would be better if the author describe it overall
sorry kalo sok tau
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