Pengertian Narrative Text

Disebutkan bahwa A narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain

people (teks narasi adalah cerita imaginatif yang bertujuan menghibur
orang).
Jika melihat pada kamus bahasa Inggris, secara harfiah narrative
bermakna (1) a spoken or written account of connected events; a story. (2)
the narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue. (3) the
practice or art of narration.

Cerita Narrative Text

(Narrative bermakna : 1. sebuah cerita baik terucap atau tertulis tentang

peristiwa-peristiwa yang berhubungan. 2. bagian yang diceritakan dalam
sebuah karya sastra, berbeda dengan dialog. 3. Praktik atau seni bercerita)
Jika disimpulkan, maka sebuah narrative text adalah teks yang berisi sebuah
cerita baik tertulis ataupun tidak tertulis dan terdapat rangkaian peristiwa
yang saling terhubung.

Generic Structure dari Narrative Text

Bagi sobat yang masih duduk di bangku sekolah tingkat menengah,
penjelasan mengenai narrative texts tak usah sulit-sulit ya.. Intinya,
narrative text ini mempunyai struktur / susunan seperti di bawah ini :

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

(Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)

developed.

Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah

selesai, --- secara baik "happy ending" ataupun buruk "bad ending".

Kadangkala
susunan (generic
structure) narrative
text
bisa
berisi: Orientation,
Complication, Evaluation, Resolution dan Reorientation. Meski Evaluation dan
Reorientation merupakan optional; bisa ditambahkan dan bisa tidak. Evaluation berisi

penilaian/evaluasi terhadap jalannya cerita atau konflik. Sedangkan Reorientation berisi

penyimpulan
isi
akhir
cerita.

Jika sudah mahir membuat cerita narrative, susunannya bisa diubah-ubah

kok, yang terpenting bagian-bagian di atas masih tetap ada dalam tulisan
narrative sobat.

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. (aturan ini bukan
aturan wajib yang mutlak harus dipenuhi kok. Tidak percaya, tanyakan pada
guru
bahasa
Inggris
sobat)
Untuk lebih jelasnya, lihat contohnya di bawah ini :

Contoh Narrative Text (1)

Sincere Will Get a Great Return
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named Auretto, all people lived peacefully there.
One of them was Charlita, the kings daughter who was assumed as the most beautiful and
kindest Princess of Auretto.
One day, Charlita looked blue. Because of that her father got confused. Whats the matter
my beautiful daughter? Why are you so sad? asked King Fernando. Charlita was just silent.
She did not say anything.
Then, King Fernando decided to make a competition to cheer Charlita again. After that, the
palace representative announce: I will make a competition. The aim is to make my
daughter, Princess Charlita to be happy and laugh again. Everyone who can do it, will get a
prize. It will be held tomorrow when the sun rises. Sign: King Fernando.
The following morning, everybody came to the palace, tried to give their best performance.
They seemed happy and laugh, but not for Princess Charlita. She was just silent and still
looked sad.
King Fernando started to give up. No one amused his daughter. Then, there came a young
handsome man. Excuse me King Fernando. I would like to join your competition. But,
would you mind if I took Princess Charlita for a walk? said the young man gently. As long
as you make my daughter be happy again, it will totally alright. said King Fernando. The
young handsome man took Princess Charlita for a walk in a beautiful blue lake with a green
forest around it. Princess Charlita smiled and looked happy after that. Every body looked
happy, too. I know why are you so my beautiful daughter. Now, I promise I will
environment green. I regret for always destroying it. Finally, the environment around the
kingdom became so beautiful and green, full of plants. Then, the young handsome man got
a prize from the king. I will marry you off my daughter. said him. That is the prize I

promise for you. Thanks for keeping our environment well. Thanks for making my daughter
happy again.

Contoh Narrative Text (2)

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.

Penjelasan Narrative Text (untuk tingkat Mahir)

Untuk mengetahui definisi dan penjelasan tentang narration (narrative text)
sobat mahasiswa dan mahasiswi bisa membaca buku buku tentang writing di
perpustakaan terdekat dan terlengkap, dan disini saya hanya akan
mengutipkan pendapat Thomas S. Kane (2000: 363-364) di bawah ini:
A narrative is a meaningful sequence of events told in words. It is sequential
in that the events are ordered, not merely random. Sequence always
involves an arrangement in time (and usually other arrangements as well). A
straightforward movement from the first event to the last constitutes the
simplest chronology. However, chronology is sometimes complicated by
presenting the events in another order: for example, a story may open with
the final episode and then flash back to all that preceded it.
A narrative has meaning in that it conveys an evaluation of some kind. The

writer reacts to the story he or she tells, and states or implies that reaction.
This is the "meaning," sometimes called the "theme," of a story. Meaning
must always be rendered. The writer has to do more than tell us the truth he
sees in the story; he must manifest that truth in the characters and the
action.
Characters and action are the essential elements of any story. Also
important, but not as essential, is the setting, the place where the action
occurs. Characters are usually peoplesometimes actual people, as in
history books or newspaper stories, sometimes imaginary ones, as in novels.
Occasionally characters are animals (as in an Aesop fable), and sometimes a
dominant feature of the environment functions almost like a character (the
sea, an old house).
The action is what the characters say and do and anything that happens to
them, even if it arises from a nonhuman sourcea storm, for instance, or a
fire. Action is often presented in the form of a plot. Action is, so to speak,
the raw material; plot, the finished product, the fitting together of the bits
and pieces of action into a coherent pattern. Usually, though not invariably,
plot takes the form of a cause-and effect chain: event A produces event B; B
leads to C; C to D; and so on until the final episode, X. In a well-constructed
plot of this kind we can work back from X to A and see the connections that
made the end of the story likely and perhaps inevitable.
Stories can be very long and complicated, with many characters, elaborate
plots, and subtle interpenetration of character, action, and setting. In writing
that is primarily expository, however, narratives are shorter and simpler.
Most often they are factual rather than imaginary, as when an historian
describes an event. And often in exposition an illustration may involve a
simple narrative. Being able to tell a story, then, while not the primary
concern of the expository writer, is a skill which he or she will now and again
be called upon to use.
Demikianlah penjelasan dan kumpulan contoh narrative text yang bisa dihadirkan dalam
kesempatan ini. Semoga bisa bermanfaat untuk kita semua.