Narrative Text part 1

 

Definition of Narrative Text

  Narrative text is a type of text that tells a chronological story in the past tense.

  Narrative texts tell imaginative stories or decisive real stories, and are arranged according to the sequence of events that occurred in the past.

Purpose of Narrative Text

  The purpose of narrative text is to entertain the reader through an entertaining story.

Types of Narrative Text (Types of Narrative Text)

The types of narrative texts include 

• imaginary stories (fairytales)

• mysteries (mysteries)

• scary stories (forror stories) 

• sci-fi (science fiction)

• romance (romance)

• Etc

  

Generic Structure of Narrative Text (Structure of Narrative Text)

Orientation

  The following is the opening part of a narrative text story. This section introduces the characters in the story (characters) and the background of the story which includes the setting of place, time, atmosphere, and social conditions (setting).

Complications

  This section contains the problems that occur in a story. In more detail, complications are further divided into 3 parts, namely:

Rising action: Problems are starting to arise

Climax: The climax of the problem

Falling action: The tension of the problem begins to decrease, and it begins to find a resolution point.

Resolution

  This section contains a narrative of the completion or ending of a text story. A story can end with a happy ending (happy ending), a sad ending (sad ending), or a hanging ending (cliffhanger).

Re-orientation

  The last part of the structure of the narrative text (narrative text) usually contains conclusions, moral messages (moral values), or changes in the character of the characters at the end of the story. This reorientation is related because it does not always have to be in a narrative text.