NARRATIVE TEXT

 NARRATIVE TEXT

Narrative text is a type of text in English to tell a story that has a chronological sequence of events that are interconnected. The purpose of this text is to entertain the reader about a story or story.

Types of Narrative Text:

• Fairy Tale • Mystery • Science Fiction • Romance • Horror • Fable • Myth and Legend • History

• Slice of Life • Personal Experience

Characteristics of Narrative Text: 

• Specific character • Past tense • Time conjunction and adverb of time • Action verb • Direct speech

Structure of Narrative Text: 

• Orientation

 • Complication 

• Resolution 

• Re-orientation

{ EXAMPLE NARRATIVE TEXT}

The Legend of Surabaya

A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.

Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat “Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya. “No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy” said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After several hours, they were very tired.

Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never fight again.

One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise. They fought again.

They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and went back to the sea. Baya was happy.