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Narrative
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ANNA TSURAYA PRATIWI
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4 DEFINITION & P
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GENERIC STRU
7 NARRATIVE CTURE
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 WHAT IS NARRATIVE ?
• According to Anderson (2003), Narrative is a text
that tell story in the past. It is an imagination/fiction
story.
(Anderson,M.2003.Text Types in English 2)
• According to Rebecca (2003), Narrative text is
a text which relates a series of logically and
chronologically related events that are caused
or experienced by factors.
(Rebecca,J.2003.A Critical Handbook of
Children’s Literature)
 PURPOSE OF NARRATIVE

THE PURPOSE OF NARRATIVE TEXT IS

TO ENTERTAIN OR TO AMUSE THE
READERS OR LISTENERS ABOUT THE
STORY AND WE CAN FIND THE MORAL
VALUE FROM THE STORY
 Generic Structure of Narrative

ORIENTATION  Introducing the

characters, time and place the story
happened.
COMPLICATION  Tells the problems
of the story and how the main characters
solve them.
RESOLUTION  Ending of story –the
problem is solved for better or worse
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3  Use of past tense
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 Use
Use conjunction , Ex :
of action verb
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and, then, after that,
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Use temporal
etc.
conjunction; example
Narrative
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LEGEND
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TALE
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FABLE
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 Fairy Tales
 Has character such
Pinocchio
as fairies, goblins,
elves, trolls,etc.
 Magical story Timun Mas

 Usually happily ever

after
 Legend
Narrative of human actions, traditional and
historicized.
Sometimes know as folktale

Sangkuriang

Malin Kundang
 Fable
 a story about animals

like human behavior

Rabbit
and turtle  usually short

 teaches lesson

Winnie
the pooh
Ice Age
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An Example of
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Narrative Text
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 The Story of Lake Toba
Temporal Once upon a time, there was a man who
Conjunction was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a
simple hut in a farming field. He did some
gardening and fishing for his daily life.
One day, while the man was do 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
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princess. He felt in love with her and proposed Tense
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.
 Temporal
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Few years later, this daughter would help bringing
lunch to her father out in the fields. One day, his
Past daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch.
Tense Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and
shouted; “You daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran
home and asked her mother. The mother started crying,
felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.
Conjunction 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. (https://brainly.co.id)
 Structure Text Analysis
Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in
north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field.
Orientation He did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.
 While the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in
his trap. It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life.
Complication  Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted;
“You damned daughter of a fish

The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She
turned into a fish again and the man became the island of
Resolution Samosir
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● Narrative is fiction or imagination story
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● The story consist of orientation, complication and resolution
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11 ● Narrative stories include fairy tale, legend (folktale), myth,
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The train had gone when I arrived at the
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Action 1 Action 2
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She had gone out when I got home.
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She went out before I got home.
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She had gone out before I got home.
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VERBAL
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(+) They had left their house before
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(+) They had been here since this
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• Ever = pernah
8 • Just = baru saja • Until = hingga • Never = tidak pernah
9 • Already = selalu • As soon as = secepatnya • Yet = belum
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• Simple Past Tense + After + Past Perfect Tense
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He came to my house
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THE KEY WORDS OF after I had already left.
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Ali had repaired his car before he went fishing.
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THANKS!
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