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.
Social function: to amuse, to entertain the readers.
Generic structure :
* Orientation : who was involved, when and where was it happened
* Evaluation : a stepping back to evaluate the plight
* Complication : a problem arises and followed by other problems
* Resolution : provide solution the problem
* Reorientation (optional)
Language features :
* Use of noun phrases, such as : a beautiful princess, a huge temple
* Use of adverbial phrases of time and place, such as : in the garden, two day ago
* Use of simple past tense, such as : he walked away from the village
* Use of action verbs, such as : walked, slept
* Use of adjectives phrases, such as : long black hair
Example:
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 kill you”.
Generic structure :
* Orientation : who was involved, when and where was it happened
* Evaluation : a stepping back to evaluate the plight
* Complication : a problem arises and followed by other problems
* Resolution : provide solution the problem
* Reorientation (optional)
Language features :
* Use of noun phrases, such as : a beautiful princess, a huge temple
* Use of adverbial phrases of time and place, such as : in the garden, two day ago
* Use of simple past tense, such as : he walked away from the village
* Use of action verbs, such as : walked, slept
* Use of adjectives phrases, such as : long black hair
Example:
The Smartest Parrot
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 kill you”.
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