Narrative Text part 1

 Definition of Narrative Text

Narrative text is a type of text that tells a chronological story in the past tense.

Narrative texts tell imaginative stories or decisive real stories, and are arranged according to the sequence of events that occurred in the past.

Purpose of Narrative Text

The purpose of narrative text is to entertain the reader through an entertaining story.

Types of Narrative Text (Types of Narrative Text)

The types of narrative texts include 

- imaginary stories (fairytales)

- mysteries (mysteries)

- scary stories (forror stories) 

- sci-fi (science fiction)

- romance (romance)

Etc

Generic Structure of Narrative Text (Structure of Narrative Text)

Orientation

The following is the opening part of a narrative text story. This section introduces the characters in the story (characters) and the background of the story which includes the setting of place, time, atmosphere, and social conditions (setting).

Complications

This section contains the problems that occur in a story. In more detail, complications are further divided into 3 parts, namely:

Rising action: Problems are starting to arise

Climax: The climax of the problem

Falling action: The tension of the problem begins to decrease, and it begins to find a resolution point.

Resolution

This section contains a narrative of the completion or ending of a text story. A story can end with a happy ending (happy ending), a sad ending (sad ending), or a hanging ending (cliffhanger).

Re-orientation

The last part of the structure of the narrative text (narrative text) usually contains conclusions, moral messages (moral values), or changes in the character of the characters at the end of the story. This reorientation is related because it does not always have to be in a narrative text.

Example of Narrative Text

The Legend of Lake Toba

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field. He did some gardening and fishing for his daily life. One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest catc which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess.

He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said, "Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be ahuge disaster". The man made the deal and they got married, live happily and had a daughter. Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields.

One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father's lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted; "You damned daughter of a fish". The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise. Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come.

When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir.