Narrative Text untuk SMA

A.     What is narrative text?

Narrative text is a text telling chronological story in the past, fiction or not.

B.     What is the purpose of narrative text?

a.       Giving entertainment to the readers

b.      Giving moral value or motivation to the readers

C.     General Structure of Narrative text

a.      Orientation

Characters introductions, time of event, place of event

b.      Complication

The problems/conflict of the story

c.       Resolution

The conclusion or result of the story

D.     Language Features of Narrative text

a.       Adverbs of time. Example: once upon a time; some times ago; in 1900s; etc.

b.       Past tense. Example: walked; ran; went; said; built; etc.

E.     Example of Narrative Text

Naruto and Hinata

Once upon a time, there was a person named Naruto. Naruto was a perjaka tingting in Konoha village. He had a childhood friend named Hinata. One day, Naruto was walking alone in the Konoha village, he saw Hinata and waved to her. After that, Hinata turned around and walked over to him.

“Hey, Hinata, would you like to take a walk with me?” Naruto asked smilingly. Hinata shyly said ”Yes. I… I love to.. walk with with you.” They walked slowly. They didn’t talk about anything, but suddenly…”Na-naruto kun..” said Hinata. Naruto answered, “yes, what’s up?”. “I ALWAYS LIKE YOU!” Hinata said loudly. Her face was red, she was so embarrassed. Naruto kept silence for a minute. After that, he said “Do..do you really like me?”. Hinata just nodded shyly. He said, “I think I like you too. Do you want to be my wife?”

Hinata couldn’t believe that Naruto proposed to her. After that, they finally got married and lived happily. They got one son and one daughter. The end.

 

Mouse Deer and Dog

Once upon a time, there was a mouse deer. He was hungry. In the same time the mouse deer saw a cucumber field and thought “I can steal cucumbers here and eat it.” So he went to steal the cucumber. But, he saw a scarecrow int the farmer’s field. He was scared in the first time but soon found that the scarecrow wasn’t human so he wasn’t scared anymore. He kick the scarecrow with his front leg. Unluckily his front leg got stuck in the scarecrow because the farmer had filled it with strong glue.

The mouse deer tried to pull out his leg very hard, but it did not work. The glue was too strong. Not long after that, the farmer came. The farmer was satisfied to his work. The mouse deer was finally trapped. Then the farmer put the mouse deer in a cage. The mouse deer was really in a big trouble as the farmer’s dog came approaching him. The dog said that the mouse deer would be cut and cooked for the following morning. In such dangerous situation, the mouse deer kept calm even relaxed. Of course it made the dog confused and asked the mouse deer why he was not scared. So the mouse deer answered,” I’ll not be cooked but I’ll be a prince” Hearing the answer, the dog became more confused then the mouse deer continued. “I’m going to marry the farmer’s daughter so I’m going to be a prince. I am sad about you. You work as a guard for long time and will always be guard in this farmland” The mouse deer knew that the dog felt unhappy and continued proudly, “Now, look at me! I’ll become a prince in this house tomorrow”

The dog felt discriminated and asked the mouse deer to switch place. The dog thought that by switching place with the mouse deer in the cage, he would become a prince. The mouse deer agreed. Soon the dog opened the cage and let the mouse deer free.

Now, to deepen your understanding, you can watch this video: