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How does reading a story enable us to comprehend it especially when the
story is a complex literary one? What are the key things that the text provides (on

the one hand) and that we readers do during the reading process (on the other hand),
so that we feel we have grasped the narrative, appreciate its effects and

complexities, and can talk about it with some confidence?
You have certainly heard stories or fairy tales that might be told by your

grandmother or grandfather about the origins of events in a place or are often said

to be folk legends, of course it's fun, isn't it? Of course, you have also been asked
about "Malin Kundang", "Lake Toba", "Cinderela" and many other stories. How

do these stories in your opinion, interesting?

Associated with the folklore. Look at the following sentence excerpts:
A : "Have you ever heard a story about The Green Princess?"

B : “Oh, yeah, I once heard the story from a tour guide when I visited the Maimoon

Palace in Medan, North Sumatra. It was such a wonderful story that made my
imagination go back through time. The guide was very good at telling the story.”

Do you think the answers given are Narrative stories? Precisely! The answer tells

about folklore whose purpose is to entertain listeners or readers, with sentences

using past tense. In this e-module, you will be invited to practice being able to
differentiate and capture meaning in Narrative texts.

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