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- Narrative text is a text that tells a story. They can be imaginary, factual, or
combination of both. One kind of narrative text is legend.
- A legend is a story associated with people or a nation.
- A legend is a narrative that is partly true and partly imaginary about a particular
person, event, place, or natural feature.
- A legend is a story from the past that many people believe but cannot be proved
to be true.

B. The Social Function of Narrative Text Legend

- The social function of narrative text is to entertain or to amuse the readers about
the story.
- The social function of legend is to present the story of human actions in such a
way that they are perceived by the readers to be true.

C. The Generic Structure of Narrative Text Legend

1. Orientation
Orientation sets the scenes and introduces the participants. It answers the
questions Who, What, When and Where.
2. Complication
Complication means where the problem in the story is developed
3. Resolution
Resolution is how the crisis or the conflict is solved by the main characters.
4. Evaluation
The stepping back to evaluate the story or the moral message of the story.

D. The Grammar and Language Features of Narrative Text Legend

The following are the language features of narrative text.
- Use simple past tense.
(+) V2 .e.g. walked, ran, turned into, swallowed, etc.
(-) did not + V1 .e.g. did not allow, did not admit, etc.
(?) Did + subject + V1 .e.g. Did he remember me?
- Use temporal conjunction.
Once upon a time, one day, a long time ago, etc.
- Use direct and indirect speech.
Direct speech: Malin Kundang said: “Mom, I plan to go sailing away”
Indirect speech: Malin Kundang said that he planned to go sailing away.
- Adverbial phrase: in the river, at the mountain, etc.
- Passive voice: was cursed, were trimmed, etc.
- Use saying verbs, thinking verbs, and action verbs.

 There are many kinds of verbs that you should know. Pay attention to the
following kinds of verbs!
- Linking verbs. They connect a noun with words that identify or describe the
noun.
Examples: belong, get, look, appear, be (is, are).