NARRATIVE TEXT

NARRATIVE TEXT

        Assalamualaikum my beloved students.. Long time no see with you.. Miss you all..

How are you today? How about your activity? Semoga kalian semua ada dalam keadaan sehat bahagia lahir dan batin  tentunya tetap produktif juga meskipun belajar di rumah.

Are you ready for study?

Allright, have you heard about the story of Toba lake?

Let us read the story..

The Story of Toba Lake

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field. The did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.

One day, while the man was fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest catch 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 a huge disaster”. The man made the deal and they got married, lived 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 broke 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.

(Taken from https://freeenglishcourse.info/story-of-narrative-text//)

Definition of narrative text

Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems.

The purpose of narrative text

The purpose of narrative text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

Generic structures of narrative text:

·   Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)

·   Complication : Where the problems in the story developed. (Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)

·   Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai, secara baik “happy ending” ataupun buruk “bad ending”.

·   Coda / reorientation (optional) – lesson from the story

Language features:

·   Past tense (killed, drunk, etc)

·   Adverb of time (Once upun a time, one day, etc)

·   Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)

·   Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general. (Toba, Sangkuriang, etc)

·   Action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked, etc)

·   Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. (Malin said,” You are not my mother). The direct speech uses present tense.

Semoga materi ini bisa kalian pahami dan bermanfaat juga yaaa..

With love,

Mrs. V

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