Narrative Text
A narrative text is an imaginative
story to entertain people (teks
narasi adalah cerita imaginatif yang bertujuan menghibur orang).
Generic Structure dari Narrative
Text
Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced. (berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)
Complication : Where the problems in the story developed.
(Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)
Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah
selesai, --- secara baik "happy ending" ataupun buruk "bad
ending".
Grammar Used dalam Narrative Text
Grammar (tata bahasa) yang sering muncul dalam membuat narrative text adalah:
Menggunakan tenses "Past", baik simple, past perfect, past continuous, past perfect continuous, atau bisa saja past future continuous.
The
Legend of Rawa Pening
Once
upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village. He was
very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for some food, but
nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy.
Finally,
a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the boy
wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden mortar for
pounding rice. She reminded him, “please remember, if there is a flood you must
save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”. The “lesung” was happy and thanked
the old woman. The little boy continued his journey. While he was passing
through the village, he saw many people gathering on the field. The boy came
closer and saw a stick stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to
pull out that stick. Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded. “Can I try?” asked
the little boy. The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so
he stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very easily.
Everybody was dumbfounded.
Suddenly,
from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until it
flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the little boy
and the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As she told him, he
used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old woman. The whole village
became a huge lake. It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central
Java, Indonesia.
Task : Make a
Narrative text.
