Definition, structure, Linguistic Features, Kinds, Example of Narrative Text

1. CALL
Name : Ema Dahniar Martabaya
NPM : 15188203005
Lecturer: Moh. Choirul Huda, M.Pd.

3. Narrative text is a story with complication or
problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to
solve the problems and the purpose is to amuse or to
entertain the reader with a story.
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4. 1.Orientation :It set the scene and introduce the
participants (it answers the question : who,when, what,
and where).
2.Complication : Tells the problems of the story
and how the main characters solve them.
3.Resolution : The crisis is revolved, for better
or worse.
4.Re-orientation : The ending of the story. Maybe,
happy ending or sad ending.
5.Evaluation : The stepping back to evaluate the story
or the moral message of the story
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5. 1. Use active verbs.
2. Use past tense.
3. Use conjunction (and, then, after that, next, etc)
Also Temporal conjunction, like: once upon a time
one day, long time ago.
4. The first person (I or We) or the third person (He,
She, or They).
5. Use specific nouns.
6. Use adjective and adverbs
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6. 1. Legend
2. Fable
3. Fairy Tale
4. Folktale
5. Short Story
6. Real-life Drama
7. Classic
8. Fantasy
9. Advanture
10. Science Fiction
11. Myth
12. Mysteri
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7. The Ugly Duckling
One upon time, a mother duck sat on her eggs. She just wished the eggs
would break out. Several days later, the eggs cracked and some cute little ducklings
appeared. However the largest egg had not cracked. The mother duck sat on it for
several days.
Finally, it cracked and a huge ugly duckling waddled out. The mother duck
looked at him in surprise. He was so big and very gray. He didn't look like the others at
all.
When the mother duck brought the children to the pond for their first
swimming lesson, the huge grey duckling splashed and paddled about just as nicely as
the other ducklings did.
However, the other animals consider awkward to him. They hissed and made
fun of him day by day. Even his own sisters and brothers were very unkind. "You are
very ugly" they quacked.
The little poor duckling was very unhappy.
One day, the ugly duckling run away and hid in the bushes. While he was
swimming in the pond, he saw three large white swans swimming toward him. But the
swans did not attack him. Instead, they swam around him and stroked him with their
bills. As the ugly duckling bent his neck to speak to them, he saw his reflection in the
water. He could not believe his eyes. "I am not an ugly duckling but a beautiful swam"
he exclaimed.
He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played with his new
friends and was happier than he had never been. .
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