Narrative Text

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A narrative text is an imaginative story to
entertain people. Narrative texts may include
myth, legend, folktales, fairytales, and fable.

The purpose of narrative text is to amuse or
entertain the readers, and to make them to
think, and to get a lesson of moral value.

NARRATIVE TEXT

GENERIC STRUCTURE

1. Orientation

It is about the opening paragraph where the

characters of the story, time and place where the story
take place are introduced.
2. Complication

A series of events where the problems in the story

developed and the main characters attempt to solve the
problem.
3. Resolution

The ending of the story where the problems in the

story is solved.

LANGUAGE FEATURE

1. Using specific nouns (example: the king, the fairy, etc.)
2. Using temporal conjunction related to time (example: then, after

that, etc.)

3. Using adjectives to form noun phrase (example: a naughty boy, a

big tree etc.)

4. Using adverbial phrase of time and place (example: once upon a

time, in the house, ever after, etc.)

5. Using past tense (example: there lived an old carpenter, etc.)
6. Usually using dialogue among characters (example: “If you want

to be a real boy, you must always be a good boy”, said the
fairy.)

Example of Narrative Text

Pinocchio

  Once upon a time, there lived an old carpenter named Gepetto. He was quite lonely as he did not have family. One night, he found a large wooden log. He carved a puppet out of it which looked like a wooden boy. He named is as Pinocchio and truly wished him to be a real one.

  A kind fairy heard Gepetto’s wish and gave life to Pinocchio. She warned him, “If you want to be a real boy, you must always be a good boy”. Since, then Gepetto love him dearly as his own son but Pinocchio was a naughty boy and always kept lying. As he lied, his wooden nose grew longer. He promised not to lie again but he soon forgot his promise and left school to join circus. Now, he started missing Gepetto.

  One day, he heard that his father had been swallowed by a huge whale. He immediately left in search of the whale but he was also swallowed by the whale. Inside the whale’s belly, both Pinocchio and Gepetto were happy to see each other. He hugged him and promised never to leave him again. They made a plan to escape and started tickling the whale’s stomach. As the whale opened its mouth to sneeze, Pinocchio and Gepetto slipped out.

   They came back home safe and sound. The kind fairy was pleased by Pinocchio’s bravery and she turned him into areal boy. From that day, Pinocchio was a very good boy and never missed school. The father and son lived happily ever after.