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Generic Structure of Narrative Text

Orientation It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story
are introduced
Complication Where the problems in the story developed
Resolution Where the problems in the story is solved

reorientation lesson from the story

Language Feature of Narrative Text

Language Feature Example
Past tense Run, Wrote, Flew
Adverb of time One upon a time, one day
Conjunction Then, After that
Specific Character Cinderella, Alladin, Alibaba, Turtel

Examples

ALADIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP

Orientation Once upon a time, there lived a handsome boy in Baghdad. The name
was Aladdin. He was a clever boy, but he did not like to work.

One day Aladin’s mother sent him to the market place to look for a
job. In the market he met a magician. The magician asked him to work
together with him. If Aladdin could do, he would get a lot of gold
coins and jewelry. The magician asked Aladdin to go inside the cave
and find a magical lamp there. So, Aladdin went into the cave. Inside
the cave, Aladdin was surprised by what he saw. Every corner was
full of gold and treasures. A few minutes later, he found the lamp and
quickly returned to the entrance of the cave.

Complication But Aladdin did not trust the magician and the magician became very
angry. When Aladdin was walking to the entrance, the magician
pushed a huge rock over the entrance of the cave and left Aladdin and
the lamp behind. Aladdin tried to move the rock all by himself, but it
was too big and heavy. And suddenly, he remembered the magic ring.
He rubbed it with the palm of his hand. To his surprise, a genie