Narrative Text Part 1

 

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Definition of Narrative Text

Narrative Text is a type of text that tells an imaginary/fictional story with the aim of entertaining a chronologically related one. As an imaginary story, Narrative Text is not necessarily true, because it is only based on the imagination of a person or group of people that is not proven true.

Social Function of Narrative Text

The social function of narrative text is to entertain readers with the fiction story like: fable, legend, myth, and folktale.

Generic Structure

• Orientation: This section contains the opening paragraph where the character of the story is introduced. (Contains about the place, character, and time to read the story, who and when)
• Complication: The problem part of the story begins to develop. (Problems begin to arise or begin to occur and begin to develop)
• Resolution: The problem part of the story begins to be resolved. The problem is solved, either with a "happy ending" or a "sad ending" or bad.
• Coda/reorientation (optional): The section that explains the lessons to be learned from the story.

Language Feature of Narrative Text

• Past tense: Killed, drunk, went, won, sent, etc
• Adverb of time : Once upon a time, today, one day, will, yesterday, later, etc   
• Time conjunction : When, then, suddenly, before, after, until, a soon as, etc
• Specific character : Cinderella, Alibaba, Tangled, Ariel
• Action verbs : Walked, wrote, stayed, dug, etc
• Direct speech : Princess said,”My name is Princess”. Use present tense.
• Saying and thinking verb : Said, told, thought, etc

Characteristic of Narrative Text

• Narrative Text tells a story in the past.
• Using nouns to replace pronouns for animals, people, or things in the story. (The dwarfs, Carriage, etc.)
• More of a folk tale or already known and developed in the community as a shared story although it can be retold in different versions of the story. (Malin Kundang/ Indonesia: Tanggang/ Malaysia)
• The elements of the story consist of the setting of time and place, the theme of the story, the characters of the story, the atmosphere of the story, the conflict and the resolution.
• Can be arranged into a simple sequence or composed of several complex sequences.
  

Type of Narrative Text

• Fable : Stories that tell about animals.
• Myth : This story or myth is widely developed in society and is generally considered to be a factual story or actually happened.
• Legend : Folklore that tells how the origin of a place that exists.
• Folktale : Stories that are told from generation to generation so that they become a part of the community's tradition.
• Fairy tales : Folk tales or children's stories which contain elements of the miracle/impossibility of the characters in the story and at the end contains a moral message.
• Love story: A love story emphasizes the theme of the story which contains the struggle to get love for the main character.
• In addition, there are other types such as: Science fiction, Horror, Mystery, History, Slice of life, Personal experience, etc. 

 

 Malin Kundang

A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra lived a woman and her son, Malin Kundang. Malin Kundang and his mother had to live hard because his father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sell the caught fish in the town.

One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant’s ship being raided by a band of pirates. With his bravery, Malin Kundang helped the merchant defeat the pirates. To thank him, the merchant allowed Malin Kundang to sail with him. Malin Kundang agreed in the hope to get a better life. He left his mother alone.

Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and a lot of crews who worked loading trading goods. He was also married to a beautiful woman. When he was sailing on his trading journey, his ship landed on a coast near a small village. The local people recognized that it was Malin Kundang, a boy from the area. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”.

An old woman, who was Malin Kundang’s mother, ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She wanted to hug him to release her sadness of being lonely after a long time. When his mother came near him, Malin Kundang who was with his beautiful wife and his ship crews denied that she was his mother. She had pleaded Malin Kundang to look at her and admit that she was her mother. But he kept refusing to do it and yelling at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her “Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!” After that he ordered his crews to set sail to leave the old woman who was then full of sadness and anger. Finally, feeling enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize to her. Malin Kundang just laughed and set sail. Suddenly a thunderstorm came in the quiet sea, wrecking his huge ship. He was thrown out to a small island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse; he had turned into a stone.

Let us not be disobedient to our parents, especially mothers, because she is the one who gave birth to and raised us from childhood until we are adults. We must worship her.

 

Social Function

To entertain readers with the fiction story of Malin Kundang and also take lessons from the story of Malin Kundang.

Structure Text

- Orientation: A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra lived a woman and her son, Malin Kundang. Malin Kundang and his mother had to live hard because his father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sell the caught fish in the town.

- Complication: One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant’s ship being raided by a band of pirates. With his bravery, Malin Kundang helped the merchant defeat the pirates. To thank him, the merchant allowed Malin Kundang to sail with him. Malin Kundang agreed in the hope to get a better life. He left his mother alone.

Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and a lot of crews who worked loading trading goods. He was also married to a beautiful woman. When he was sailing on his trading journey, his ship landed on a coast near a small village. The local people recognized that it was Malin Kundang, a boy from the area. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”.

- Resolution: An old woman, who was Malin Kundang’s mother, ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She wanted to hug him to release her sadness of being lonely after a long time. When his mother came near him, Malin Kundang who was with his beautiful wife and his ship crews denied that she was his mother. She had pleaded Malin Kundang to look at her and admit that she was her mother. But he kept refusing to do it and yelling at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her “Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!” After that he ordered his crews to set sail to leave the old woman who was then full of sadness and anger. Finally, feeling enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize to her. Malin Kundang just laughed and set sail. Suddenly a thunderstorm came in the quiet sea, wrecking his huge ship. He was thrown out to a small island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse; he had turned into a stone.

- Coda/reorientation (optional): Let us not be disobedient to our parents, especially mothers, because she is the one who gave birth to and raised us from childhood until we are adults. We must worship her.

 Language Feature

Past tense: Malin Kundang helped the merchant defeat the pirates.

Adverb of time : One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant’s ship being raided by a band of pirates. / A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra lived a woman and her son, Malin Kundang.

Time conjunction : When, then, suddenly, before, after, until, a soon as, etc

Specific character : Malin Kundang,

Action verbs : She cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize to her. Malin Kundang just laughed and set sail.

Direct speech : Malin Kundang said to her “Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!” After that he ordered his crews to set sail to leave the old woman who was then full of sadness and anger.

Saying and thinking verb : At last Malin Kundang said to her.

 

Write a Narrative text, minimal 4 paragraph and attach picture in each paragraph and publish it in your blog. Record a video you read the paragraph in a good pronunciation creatively and publish in your you tube channel. attach the video in your blog!

Jaka Tarub and Seven Angels

Long long time ago, there lived an old woman with her son in a small village in Java. The name of the boy is Jaka Tarub. He was a diligent boy. He always help his mother on the rice field. As he grew older, he became a strong and handsome man. He loves his mother so much and he was always kind to her. They lived happily together until one day the old woman passed away, leaving Jaka Tarub all by himself. Everything started to change after that, Jaka Tarub started to lose his spirit to work. He spent most of his time staring at the ceiling of his house and daydreaming.

One day, Jaka Tarub dream of eating deer meat. So when he woke up in the morning, he decided to go to the forest to hunt a deer. He brought his blowpipe with him. He wandered in the forest from the morning till the afternoon but he didn’t find any deer or mousedeer. He didn’t realize that he got deeper into the forest until he was very tired and he decided to take a rest under a big tree near a small lake. It was windy at that moment and Jaka Tarub fell asleep right away.

A few moments later, Jaka Tarub woke up because he heard women laughing in a distance. He was curious about the voice, so he decided to check it. It turned out that the voice was coming from the lake, Jaka Tarub took a peek from a bush next to the lake and he saw seven beautiful women who turned out to be angels were having fun in the lake. Jaka Tarub was amazed by their exceptional beauty. He also saw some beautiful scarf near the lake. He thought that it must be their scarf so he decided to take one of it and hide it.

Jaka Tarub wanted one of them to be his wife, so he hide one of their scarf. When the angels were about to return to the sky, one of them couldn’t find her scarf. Her name was Nawangwulan. She was really sad because she couldn’t return to the sky with her sisters. Suddenly, Jaka Tarub showed up and offered his help to Nawangwulan. They returned to Jaka Tarub’s house and a couple months later they got married.                                                                        

Nawangwulan gave birth to a baby girl named Nawangsih. Every day, she took care of the baby and also the house. She also cooked meal for the family. One day, Nawangwulan found her magical scarf under the rice stock. She finally realized that Jaka Tarub was the one who hid her scarf and it made her to be disappointed to him. Jaka Tarub asked for her forgiveness and he also asked her to stay with him and their daughter. But Nawangwulan has made up her mind to return to the sky and nothing will be able to change that. Before she left, Nawangwulan asked to Jaka Tarub to build a small hut in front of their house and she also asked him to put their daughter in the hut every night so she could fed her and took care of her. After that Nawangwulan flew to the sky and left Jaka Tarub with their child. Jaka Tarub fulfill Nawangwulan’s request and he built the small hut as she instructed. Every night, Nawangwulan came to the hut to take care of Nawangsih until she fell asleep and then Nawangwulan returned to the sky after that. It happened every day until Nawangsih grew older.

Narrative Text is a type of text that tells an imaginary/fictional story with the aim of entertaining a chronologically related one. As an imaginary story, Narrative Text is not necessarily true, because it is only based on the imagination of a person or group of people that is not proven true. Social Function of Narrative Text : The social function of narrative text is to entertain readers with the fiction story like: fable, legend, myth, and folktale. Generic Structure : Orientation, complication, resolution, coda/reorientation (optional). Language Feature of Narrative Text : Past tense, adverb of time, time conjunction, specific character, action verbs, direct speech, saying and thinking verb. Characteristic of Narrative Text : Narrative Text tells a story in the past, using nouns to replace pronouns for animals, people, or things in the story, more of a folk tale or already known and developed in the community as a shared story although it can be retold in different versions of the story, the elements of the story consist of the setting of time and place, the theme of the story, the characters of the story, the atmosphere of the story, the conflict and the resolution and can be arranged into a simple sequence or composed of several complex sequences. Type of Narrative Text : Fable, myth, legend, folktale, fairy tales, love story  and in addition, there are other types such as: Science fiction, Horror, Mystery, History, Slice of life, Personal experience. 

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