Narrative Text: Definition, Generic Structure, Language Features,

Definition:

   o   Narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people.

   o   Narrative text is a spoken or written account of connected events, a story.

   o   Narrative text is narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue.

   o   Narrative text is the practice or art or narration

Generic Structure of Narrative Text:

1    .      Orientation: It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced. (person, time, and place)

2     .      Complication: where the problems in the story developed.

3     .      Resolution: where the problems in the story is solved.

Sometimes (generic structure) narrative text can be contained:

Orientation, Complication, Evaluation, Resolution, and Reorientation. Even though “Evaluation” and “Reorientation” it is optional; can be added or not.

Evaluation contains of controlling and evaluating a love adventure or conflict

Reorientation contains the conclusion of the end story

Language Features:

      Ø  Using part action verb: Climbed, Turned, Brought, etc.

      Ø  Using specific noun as pronoun of person, animal in the story. Example: The king, the queen, etc.

      Ø  Using adjectives which are for noun phrase. Example: Long black, hair, two red apples, etc.  

     Ø  Using time connectives and Conjunctions to arrange the events. Examples: Then, before, after, soon, etc.

    Ø  Using adverbs and adverbial phrase to show the location of events. Examples: Here, in the mountain, ever after, etc.

      Ø  Using dialogue to elicit an emotional response from the reader.

      Ø  Using Past Tense

      Ø   Using of variety of simple, compound and complex sentences