Introduction
Narrative text is a text which contains about story (fiction/non fiction/tales/folktales/fables/myths/epic) and its plot consists of climax of the story (complication) then followed by the resolution.
A narrative text is a text amuse, entertain and deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. Narrative deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.
The narrative text short story is telling of a story or an account of a sequence of events. One of the four traditional forms of composition (along with description, exposition, and persuasion). Narration differs from exposition, which can also relate a sequence of events, in that narration need not be factual and may be written from the perspective of a character in the text.
Task
The generic structure of a narrative text:
1. Orientation: Sets the scene and introduces the participants.
2. Complication: A crisis arises
3. Resolution: The crisis is resolved, for the better or for worse.
4. Re-orientation
5. Evaluation: A stepping back to evaluate the plight.
Example :· The Boy who cried “Wolf”· There was once a shepherd-boy who kept his flock at a little distance from the village. Once he thought he would play a trick on the villagers and have some fun at their expense. So he ran toward the village crying out, with all his might,--
"Wolf! Wolf! Come and help! The wolves are at my lambs!"
The kind villagers left their work and ran to the field to help him. But when they got there the boy laughed at them for their pains; there was no wolf there.
Still another day the boy tried the same trick, and the villagers came running to help and got laughed at again. Then one day a wolf did break into the fold and began killing the lambs. In great fright, the boy ran for help. "Wolf! Wolf!" he screamed. "There is a wolf in the flock! Help!"
The villagers heard him, but they thought it was another mean trick; no one paid the least attention, or went near him. And the shepherd-boy lost all his sheep.
Moral value:
That is the kind of thing that happens to people who lie: even when they tell the truth no one believes them.
Process
Choose the answer below with A, B, C, or D!
Evaluation
QUIZ
Text 1
Once upon a time, there lived a happy family in a village. A man and his wife lived happily on a little farm, breeding their flock of geese and selling their eggs at the market. They were not rich, but they were happy with their life together.
Then one day, a new goose flew in among their flock. The couple was surprised to find a shiny golden egg in her nest. Each and everyday after that, the goose laid another egg of solid gold.
The couple was soon richer than they had ever dreamed of but they were not happy. They grew impatient with only one golden egg a day. The farmer said to his wife, “our goose must be full of gold. Why should we wait to have more egg?”
“If we cut her open,” his wife agreed, “we can get all the eggs at once.” So they killed the goose! They were very surprised to find that it was just like any other goose inside. Even worse, there would never be any more golden egg.
1. How did the man and his wife make their living?
a. By planting rice
b. By breeding geese
c. By selling eggs
d. By selling geese
2. How many golden eggs did the couple get each day?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
3. They grew impatient with only one golden egg a day (paragraph three). The opposite of the underlined word above is …
a. Patient
b. Generous
c. Wise
d. Greedy
4. They were not rich (paragraph one). The opposite of the underlined word above is …
a. Simple
b. Poor
c. Cruel
d. Arrogant
5. What moral value can we learn from the story?
a. We must be impatient to be richer
b. We should not work hard to get richer
c. We must be patient, we must not be greedy to be richer
d. We should be impatient, we should not be greedy to be richer
Text 2
Once upon a time, there lived an old lady crow who was mean and ugly. One day, Miss Crow had stolen a big piece of cheese. And then, she flew on to a branch to enjoy it.
On the other place, under the tree, a sly creature, Mr. fox, who wanted the cheese for himself, came up and spoke politely to her.
“Oh. Miss Crow, how beautiful you are! What a lovely beak, what lovely feathers you have! What pretty eyes! If you only could sing, you would be the most beautiful bird in the world!”
Very pleased to hear all of this about herself, Miss Crow gave a loud croak to show that she could, sing. Of course, the moment she opened her beak, the cheese fell down, and Mr. fox ran away with it, laughing loudly.
6. What is the best title of the story?
a. Old Lady Crow
b. Beautiful Miss Crow
c. The Fox and The Crow
d. Ugly Mr. fox
7. Why did the crow gave a loud croak? Because it wanted …
a. To show her pretty eyes
b. To show her beautiful beak
c. To show her lovely feathers
d. To show that she could sing
8. “…Very pleased to hear all of this….” (paragraph 4). What is the same meaning of the underlined word?
a. Guilty
b. Happy
c. Angry
d. Worry
9. “… an old lady crow who was mean and ugly.” The opposite of the underlined word is …
a. Bad
b. Poor
c. Beautiful
d. Rich
10. Miss Crow gave a loud croak to show that she could, sing. The underlined word means …
a. Expand
b. Exhibition
c. Expense
d. Expedition
Text 3
Once upon a time, there were a king and his queen who lived in the Kingdom of Belinyu. They didn’t have any child. Until one night, the queen had a dream of a turtle. It said that the queen would have a baby, and she had to give a Komala necklace to her baby. The queen woke up and she was holding a Komala necklace in her hand. She told her dream to the king, and he was very happy.
Shortly, the queen’s dream became reality. She delivered a beautiful baby girl. The king named her, Komala. She grew up as a pretty girl. However, she had a bad attitude because her parents always spoiled her too much.
One day, Komala heard her parents were talking about the turtle in her mother’s dream. She thought that the turtle was very interesting animal, so she wanted it as her pet. She insisted to find it, and the king allowed her to look for the animal.
Accompanied with the king’s guards, Komala searched the turtle, and finally, she found it in a beach. She shouted to it, “Penyu busuk, wait for me,” in several times, but the turtle kept swimming. Komala ran after it into the sea, she tried to catch it. Until then she finally drowned and disappeared, and all of her guards could not save her. Now, people call the beach,Penyusuk.
11. What does the story tell us?
a. A bad attitude girl
b. A kingdom in Belinyu
c. The legend of Penyu Busuk
d. The legend of Penyusuk Beach
12. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
a. The king permitted Komala to find the turtle
b. The celebration of Komala’s birthday
c. Komala drowned into the sea
d. The turtle disappeared
13. Komala had a bad attitude because …
a. She was a princess
b. Her father was a king
c. She was a beautiful girl
d. Her parents spoiled her very much
14. "Until then she finally drowned . . . “ (last paragraph). The synonym of the word “drowned” is …
a. Disappeared
b. Floated
c. Swam
d. Sank
15. Until then she finally drowned anddisappeared. The underlined word means …
a. Vanished
b. Appeared
c. Disappointed
d. Appointed
Text 4
The Wolf and The Goat
A wolf saw a goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff. The wolf smacked his lips at the thought of a fine goat dinner.
“My dear friend,” said the wolf in his sweetest voice, “aren’t you afraid you will fall down from that cliff? Come down here and graze on this fine grass beside me on safe, level ground.”
“No, thank you,” said the goat.
“well then,” said the wolf, “aren’t you cold up there in the wind? You would be warmer grazing down here beside me in this sheltered area.”
“No, thank you,” said the goat.
“But the grass tastes better down here!” said the exasperated wolf, “Why dine alone?”
“My dear wolf,” the goat finally said, “are you quiet sure that it is my dinner you are worrying about and not your own?”
16. What did the wolf ask when he saw the goat grazing at the edge of a high cliff?
a. To be his friend
b. To graze on the level ground
c. To climb up higher
d. To be his dinner
17. “aren’t you cold up there in the wind?” The word ‘there’ refers to …
a. At the edge of a high cliff
b. A sheltered area
c. Grass
d. Ground
18. What we can learn from the story?
a. Don’t look down to other creatures
b. Don’t easily believe in well-behaved creatures
c. Don’t judge others by their appearance
d. Don’t easily beat other creatures
19. From the story we know …
a. The goat was very hungry
b. The wolf was a helpful animal
c. The wolf was eager to eat the goat
d. The goat was going to fight with the wolf
20. “… on this fine grass beside me on safe” the opposite of the underlined word is …
a. Secure
b. Peace
c. Destroy
d. Dangerous
Text 5
Long ago in the Neverland, there was lived a very beautiful princess, Snow White. The queen was her stepmother. She was very jealous of her beauty. So, she wanted Snow White died.
Snow White knew about the evil plan. She escaped into a forest. There she made friends with seven dwarfs.
The queen turned into a witch. Snow White did not realize it. The witch gave her a poisoned apple. As a result, Snow White was put into sleep for years.
Fortunately, in the end, Prince Charming revival her with a kiss. They lived together happily ever after.
21. Who were involved in the story?
a. Cinderella and Glass Shoes
b. Snow White and Seven Dwarfs
c. Alice in Wonderland
d. Sleeping Beauty
22. Which parts are called the complication?
a. Cinderella, Prince Charming, and The Queen
b. Snow White and The Queen
c. Snow White, and Seven Dwarfs, and Prince Charming
d. Snow White, Cinderella, and The Queen
23. Why was the queen jealous to Snow White? We can find the answer in …
a. Paragraph 1
b. Paragraph 2
c. Paragraph 3
d. Paragraph 4
24. Why did Snow White’s stepmother turn into a witch?
a. Because of Snow White’s beauty
b. Because of Snow White’s wealth
c. Because of Snow White’s boyfriend
d. Because Snow White was her step daughter
25. Did Snow White eat the poisoned apple given by the witch?
a. Yes, she does
b. No, she doesn’t
c. Yes, she did
d. No, she didn’t
Conclusion
A narrative is some kind of retelling, often in words (though it is possible to mime a story), of something that happened (a story). The narrative is not the story itself but rather the telling of the story -- which is why it is so often used in phrases such as "written narrative," "oral narrative," etc. While a story just is a sequence of events, a narrative recounts those events, perhaps leaving some occurrences out because they are from some perspective insignificant, and perhaps emphasizing others. In a series of events, a car crash takes a split second. A narrative account, however, might be almost entirely about the crash itself and the few seconds leading up to it. Narratives thus shape history (the series of events, the story of what happened).
Credits
Refferences
intan-aulia-kolbi.blogspot.com/2014/03/soalnarrativetext.html
www.units.miamoh.edu/technologyandhumanities/nardef.htm
chubby-ajjah.blogspot.com/2011/01/definion-of-narrative-text.html