NARRATIVE TEXT

1.Definition Narrative Text

Narrative text is basically text that tells about something that did
not really happen, but only in the reef by sipenulis (Writer). narrative text
aims to entertain, to gain and maintain the attention of the reader /
listener a story. Narrative text also aims to educate, inform, convey a
reflection on the experience of the author, and are no less important is to
develop the imagination of the reader / listener. Imaginary narrative text
generally, but there are also factual narrative text, which tells the true
events

2.Meaningful Narrative
a. A either spoken or written story about the events related.
b. The part that is told in a literary work, in contrast to the dialogue.
c. The practice or art of storytelling)

3.Characteristic features Narrative Text

-Participants are often specific and individualized
-Many action verbs (material processes), and there is also the use of
verbal and mental processes.
-Past tense usually use.
-Many use lingking Words related to time.
-Often include dialogue, and tense will probably change.
-Descriptive language used for creating images in the minds of readers.
-Can be written in the first person (1), or third (he, she, they).
If concluded, it is a narrative text is a text which contains a story
either written or unwritten, and there is a series of connected events.

4.Example Narrative Text

The Monkeys and The Cap Seller
Once, a cap seller was passing through a jungle. He was very tired and
needed to rest. Then, he stopped and spread a cloth under a tree. He
placed his bag full of caps near him and lay down with his cap on his
head. The cap seller had a sound sleep for one hour. When he got up, the
first thing he did was to look into his bag. He was startled when he found
all his caps were not there.
When he looked up the sky, he was very surprised to see monkeys
sitting on the branches of a tree, each of the monkeys is wearing a cap of
on its head. They had evidently done it to imitate himHe decided to get
his caps back by making a humble request to the monkeys. In return, the
monkeys only made faces of him. When he begun to make gesture, the
monkeys also imitated him.
At last he found a clever idea. " Monkeys are a great imitator," he
thought. So he took off his own cap and threw it down on the ground. And
as he had expected, all the monkeys took off the caps and threw the caps
down on the ground. Quickly, he stood up and collected the caps, put
them back into his bag and went away.

The Generic Structure of above Narrative Story Is :

Orientation: The cap seller as the participant (main character), once time
as time setting, and in the jungle as place setting. We note from
discussion that the elements of orientation is shortly answering who, when
and where of the story.
Complication: The cap seller wants the monkeys to bring back his caps but
the monkeys do not return them. Of course this makes the cap seller face
a problem. Complication in a narrative text is not always in single
problem. That is we know a major conflict and minor conflict.
Resolution: The cap seller gets the monkey to bring back the cap by acting
of throwing his own cap. The monkeys imitate what he has done so the

problem is is solved. This story has happy ending as the cap seller has his
caps returned.

RECOUNT TEXT

1.Definition Recount Text

Recount is a story that is used to relate an experience or event with
the purpose of providing information and entertainment.

2. Generic Structure of Recount Text:

Orientation - Provides the reader on the background or the information
necessary to understand a text. For example, the introduction of the
character, timing, and the main events that will happen.
Sequence of events - Provides a series of events in the story that is in the
text. There is a telling example of the vacation to the beach, then in phase
sequence of events, you tell the activities carried out on the coast ranging
from up the beach to go home.
Re-orientation - Provide a summary of comments, and the revelation
about the events that have occurred. For example, after you told me
about a vacation to the beach, you feel so excited, so you say at the end
of the story, that you are so excited and happy to be able to visit the
beach.

3.Example Recount Text

Holiday in Pasir Kencana Beach
Last week my friend and I were bored after three weeks of holidays,
so we rode our bikes to Pasir Kencana Beach, which is only five kilometres
from where I live. When we arrived at the beach, we were surprised to see
there was hardly anyone there.
After having a quick dip in the ocean, which was really cold, we
realized one reason there were not many people there. It was also quite
windy. After we bought some hot chips at the takeaway store nearby, we
rode our bikes down the beach for a while, on the hard, damp part of the
sand. We had the wind behind us and, before we knew it, we were many
miles down the beach.
Before we made the long trip back, we decided to paddle our feet in
the water for a while, and then sit down for a rest. While we were sitting
on the beach, just chatting, it suddenly dawned on us that all the way
back, we would be riding into the strong wind.
When we finally made it back home, we were both totally
exhausted! But we learned some good lessons that day.

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