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3. Language Feature

There are several language features that can be found in a narrative text as follow:
a. The use of specific nouns to mention people and things in the story;

b. The use of adjectives to describe the quality or characteristics of the people,
things and events in the story;

c. The use of time connectives to sequence events through time;

d. The use of adverbs and adverbial phrases to locate the particular events; and
e. The use of past tense to mention actions, (Edy, I Made. S., et.al., 2022).

For Your Information

Lutung Kasarung is a Sundanese story from West

Java, Indonesia. Set in the Pasir Batang Kindom, it tells the

tale of a magical lutung who helped a beautiful princess,
Purbasari Ayuwangi, when her older sister attempted to rob

her of her status as crown princess. Lutung Kasarung in
Sundanese language which literally means “The Lost Ape”,

is from and old Sundanese quatrain, (Wikipedia, 2022).

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutung_Kasarung.

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