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NARRATIVE TEXT (TEKS NARRATIVE)

(Basic Competency 3.8 / Kompetensi Dasar 3.8)

A. Definition of Narrative Text (Definisi Teks Narrative)
▪ Narrative text is a kind of text to retell the (fictive/imaginative) story that past tense.
(Teks Narrative merupakan teks yang menceritakan tentang peristiwa fiktif di waktu lampau.)
▪ Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the
resolutions to solve the problems. An important part of narrative text is the narrative mode, the
set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a process narration.
(Teks Narrative merupakan sebuah cerita dengan komplikasi/kerumitan kejadian hingga ada
klimaks/puncak masalah dan ada penyelesaian masalah.)

B. The Purpose of Narrative (Tujuan Teks Narrative)
The purpose of the text is to entertain or to amuse the readers or listeners about the story.
(Tujuan dari teks narrative adalah untuk menghibur pembaca atau pendengarnya.)

C. Types of narrative (Jenis-jenis Teks Narrative)
There are many types of narrative. They can be imaginary, factual or a combination of both. They
may include fairy stories, mysteries, science fiction, romances, horror stories, adventure stories,
fables, myths and legends, historical narratives, ballads, slice of life, personal experience.
(Ada beberapa jenis teks Narrative. Di antaranya dapat berupa imajiner/khayalan, factual atau
kombinasi dari keduanya. Narrative meliputi cerita peri, misteri, fiksi ilmiah, romansa, cerita horror,
cerita petualangan, cerita tentang binatang, mitos dan legenda, sejarah, balada, cerita sepenggal
kehidupan, dan pengalaman personal.)

D. Generic Structure of Narrative Text (Struktur Teks Narrative)
a. Orientation: It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.
(Orientasi: Paragraf pembuka biasanya tentang latar belakang dan tokoh karakter di dalam cerita.)
b. Complication: Where the problems in the story developed.
(Komplikasi/Konflik permasalahan: Berisi tentang permasalahan yang ada di dalam cerita.)
c. Resolution: Where the problems in the story is solved.
(Resolusi/Penyelesaian: Berisi tentang penyelesaian masalah di dalam cerita.)
d. Coda/reorientation (optional) – lesson from the story.
(Koda/Reorientasi (opsional): Pesan moral yang dapat diambil dari cerita.)

E. Kinds of Narrative Text (Jenis-jenis Teks Narrative)
• Fable (Fabel/Cerita tentang hewan)
• Folktales (Cerita rakyat)
• Fairy tales (Cerita dongeng)
• Myth (Mitos)
• Legend (Legenda)

F. Language Features of Narrative Text (Unsur Kebahasaan Teks Narrative)
− Past tense/Past verb (killed, drunk, etc)
− Adverb of time (Once upon a time, one day, etc)
− Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, after that, etc)
− Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general. (Cinderella, Snow White,
Alibaba, etc)
− Action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked, etc)
− Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. (Snow White said, ”My name is Snow White”). The
direct speech uses present tense.