Narrative Text

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Teks ini biasanya berupa cerita imajinasi atau fiktif (tidak nyata), seperti:

• dongeng (fairy tale),
• cerita rakyat (folktale),
• mitos (myth),
• fable (fabel), atau
• legenda (legend).

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TUJUAN NARRATIVE TEXT

Social function/purpose of the narrative text is to amuse or entertain the readers with a story.

Tujuan dari narrative text adalah untuk menghibur pembaca dengan sebuah cerita.

STRUKTUR NARRATIVE TEXT

Struktur penulisan (generic structure) dari narrative text terdiri dari:

Orientation	pengenalan tokoh, waktu dan tempat kejadian
Complication	masalah atau konflik yang dihadapi
Resolution	penyelesaian masalah dari cerita tersebut

CIRI KEBAHASAAN NARRATIVE TEXT

Ciri kebahasaan (language/grammatical features) dari narrative text, antara lain:

• Past tense, kata kerja bentuk lampau, seperti: they lived in a village, he was a poor farmer, dsb.
• Action verb, kata kerja aktif, seperti: went, walked, sang, slept, drove, dsb.
• Time connector atau conjunction, kata hubung seperti, then, soon, before, after, as soon as.
• Direct speech, ucapan langsung, seperti:  “You should go now!”, said Laras.
• Indirect speech, ucapan tidak langsung, seperti: the old woman said she didn’t find the ring.
• Adjective, kata sifat, seperti:  beautiful, old, young, dsb.
• Adverb, kata keterangan, seperti: happily, carelessly, carefully, dsb.

CONTOH NARRATIVE TEXT

Berikut adalah contoh narrative text:

The Emperor and His Daughters There was once an emperor who lived in a palace. He had two daughters but no sons. He wanted his daughters to marry before he died. He found two princes. However, his daughters didn't like them. They refused to marry the princes, so the emperor became very angry. He said they must get married when they were sixteen years old. The two daughters ran away during the night and found work on a farm. They fell in love with the farmer's sons while they were working there. They married the sons as soon as they were sixteen. Adapted from: New Headway Intermediate Student's Book, 2003

Struktur (generic structure) dari text diatas:

Orientation	There was once an emperor who lived in a palace. He had two daughters but no sons.
Complication	He wanted his daughters to marry before he died. He found two princes. However, his daughters didn't like them. They refused to marry the princes, so the emperor became very angry. He said they must get married when they were sixteen years old.
Resolution	The two daughters ran away during the night and found work on a farm. They fell in love with the farmer's sons while they were working there. They married the sons as soon as they were sixteen.