Pengertian Narrative Text

Definisi Narrative Text itu seperti apa? 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.

(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

Generic Structure Narrative Text apa saja sih? 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 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".

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 Lengkap
Contoh Narrative Text di bawah ini sangat lengkap lho. Mengacu pada keterangan di atas,
contoh - contoh narrative text sebenarnya sudah banyak diterbitkan dalam blog ini, seperti :
Kumpulan Narrative Text Cerita Rakyat Indonesia dalam Bahasa Inggris berisi kumpulan kisah /
cerita rakyat bahasa Inggris yang melegenda di bumi nusantara Indonesia.
Kumpulan Narrative Text Dongeng Legenda Bahasa Inggris berisi kumpulan dongeng-dongeng
terkenal baik di dunia ataupun di Indonesia.
Kumpulan Narrative Text Cerita Binatang / Fabel Bahasa Inggris berisi kumpulan cerita tentang
hewan atau disebut juga "fable" terpopuler.
Kumpulan Narrative Text Cerita Nabi berbahasa Inggris Pendek berisi cerita naratif islami
tentang Nabi dan Rasul dalam bahasa Inggris.
Silahkan klik link-link di atas untuk memilih contoh narrative text pilihan anda sendiri.
Sangat tidak sulit kan?

CATATAN : Jika ada link yang rusak pada kumpulan contoh narrative text di atas, mohon
laporkan, agar kami bisa memperbaiki link tersebut. Terima kasih.

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 people—
sometimes 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 source—a 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.

Narrative text merupakan salah satu bahasan penting dalam Bahasa Inggris karena sarat akan kosakata-
kosakata sehingga dapat menambah pembendaharaan kata kita. Sangat banyak contoh text narrative
diantaranya Cinderella, Snow White, dan sebagainya. Kita tidak akan bosan untuk membaca narrative
text karena memang mengandung unsur suspense atau rasa ingin tahu.
Pengertian Narrative Text
Narrative Text teks yang mana berfungsi untuk menceritakan kisah masa lampau dan untuk hiburan.
Sehingga menggunakan tenses past tense. Isi Narratuve text yaitu kisah khayal dan nyata atau peristiwa-
peristiwa yang mengarah ke suatu krisis di masa lampau, yang pada akhirnya menemukan suatu
penyelesaian.
Tujuan Komunikatif
Tujuan Komunikatif Narrative Text adalah untuk menghibur pendengar atau pembaca.
Struktur Narrative Text
Struktur dari Narrative Text terdiri atas tiga bagian yakni

Orientation
Pada bagian Orientation atau pengenalan berisi tentang pengenalan tokoh dalam cerita serta waktu dan
tempat kejadiannya.

Complication
Pada bagian Complication berisi tentang gambaran munculnya krisis atau masalah yang dialami oleh
tokoh pada cerita tersebut yang harus dipecahkan.

Resolution
Pada bagian Resolution berisi tentang cara tokoh dari cerita tersebut memecahkan masalah yang ada
pada bagian Complication.

Coda adalah bagian terakhir dari struktur Narrative Text yang berisi perubahan yang terjadi pada tokoh
dan pelajaran yang dapat dipetik dari cerita tersebut.

Kaidah Kebahasan Narrative Text

Pada Narrative Text, terdapat beberapa ciri-ciri antara lain sebagai berikut :
Mengunakan Action Verb dalam bentuk Past Tense. Misalnya : Climbed, Turned, Brought, dan
sebagainya.
Menggunakan Nouns tertentu sebagai kata ganti orang, hewan dan benda tertentu dalam cerita.
Misalnya : the king, the queen, dan sebagainya.
Menggunakan Adjectives yang membentuk noun phrase. Misalnya : long black hair, two red apples, dan
sebagainya..
Menggunakan Time Connectives dan Conjunctions untuk mengurutkan kejadian-kejadian. Misalnya :
then, before, after, soon, dan sebagainya.
Menggunakan Adverbs dan Adverbial Phrase untuk menunjukkan lokasi kejadian atau peristiwa.
Misalnya : here, in the mountain, happily ever after, dan sebagainya.
Contoh Narrative Text dalam Bahasa Inggris
Berikut ini beberapa contoh Narrative Text bahasa Inggris.

Snow White and 7 Dwarfs

Once upon a time in a great castle, there was a beautiful princess. She was very pretty, with blue eyes
and long black hair. Her skin was delicate and white, and so she was called Snow White. Snow White had
a step mother who was always jealous of Snow White's beauty. Her step mother too was very beautiful,
and the magic mirror told her this every day, whenever she asked it.

One day, the step mother asked the magic mirror who the loveliest lady in the land was and the magic
mirror answered Snow White was the loveliest in the land. The step mother was very mad. Then he
asked her trusty servants to take Snow White into the forest, far away from the Castle and killed her.
But the servant didn't kill Snow White, He led the innocent little girl away.

In the forest, little Snow White was alone and scared. She didn't know where she should go. But
suddenly she saw a small strange cottage. She wondered who lived there, then she entered the cottage.

Inside the cottage, there was 7 beds and a kitchen. Snow White was to tired to explore the cottage, and
suddenly fallen a sleep. In the afternoon, the seven dwarfs who lived in the cottage, came home. They
surprised to see there was a young lady there. One dwarf woke her up and asked who was she. Snow
White told them her sad story. The seven dwarfs understood the feeling of Snow White and asked her to
live with them in the cottage.
Meanwhile in the castle, the servant came back and told to the step mother that Snow White was killed.
Then the step mother asked the magic mirror once again who the loveliest in the land was and still the
magic mirror answered the Snow White who lived in the small cottage with seven dwarfs was the
loveliest one in the land. So the step mother was angry and she planed something bad to Snow White.
Then the step mother disguising herself as an old women who sold a basket of poisoned apples and
went to the cottage. In the cottage, the seven dwarfs warned Snow White to not open the door to the
stranger.
The step mother finally arrived to the cottage and began to offer Snow White an apple. Snow White
refused to open the door but the step mother kept persuade and finally Snow White opened the door
and brought an apple then he ate it. So Snow White fallen down with the poisoned apple beside her.

In the afternoon, when the seven dwarfs came home, they were surprised with Snow White who laid
down on the floor with pale face and a poisoned apple beside her. The seven dwarfs were sad seeing the
Snow White was dying but not die yet. Then the seven dwarfs decided to make a beautiful bed made
from a crystal coffin to make Snow White keep alive.

Day by day, the seven dwarfs waited for the miracle came when Snow White suddenly woke up. Then
one day, there was a wanderer who actually a prince from far away kingdom saw a beautiful lady was
laid down on crystal bed. The wanderer asked the dwarfs what was happened and the dwarfs told him
the story.

Heard the Snow White's story, the princes decided to carry her to his Castle and asked the doctor to
help her. Then the prince kissed her to show his intention. But suddenly Snow White was back to life.
The fact was that the prince's kiss broke the spell. Then the prince asked Snow White to marry him.

From that day on, Snow White lived happily in a great castle. But from time to time, she was drawn back
to visit the little cottage down in the forest.

Cinderella
Once upon a time, there lived an unhappy young girl with her stepmother and two step sisters who
didn't like her. All the nice things, kind thought and loving touches were for her own daughters. But, for
the poor unhappy girl, there was nothing at all. For she had to work hard all day, and only when evening
came was she allowed to sit for a while by the fire, near the cinders. That is how she got her nickname,
for everybody called her Cinderella.

It was quite true. Cinderella, even dressed in rags with a dusty gray face from the cinders, was a lovely
girl. While her stepsisters, no matter how splendid and elegant their clothes, were still clumsy, lumpy,
and ugly.

One day, a ball was to be held by the royal family of the kingdom to find the prince's spouse. Cinderella's
stepsisters ordered beautiful new dress for the ball. Cinderella wanted to go to the ball but her
stepmother asked her to stay at home.

"You? My dear girl, you're staying at home to wash the dishes, scrub the floor and turn down the beds
for your stepsisters. They will come home tired and very sleepy." asked her stepmother.

Cinderella only nodded her head and began to work. Suddenly something amazing happened. In the
kitchen, where Cinderella was sitting all by herself, there was a burst of light and a fairy appeared.

"Don't be afraid Cinderella, I know what you feel, my dear. Do you want to go to ball?" asked the fairy.

"Yes, I do. But look! How can I go to the ball with this dress? Cinderella replied.

Then the fairy turned Cinderella's dress became the most beautiful dress and with beautiful slippers, the
loveliest ever seen in the realm. The fairy also turned a pumpkin into a parking coach and turned the
mice become six white horses.

"Now, you can go to the Court and go to the ball. But remember my dear Cinderella, you must leave the
ball at midnight and come home. For that is when the spell ends. Your coach will turn back into a
pumpkin, the horses will become mice and you will be dressed again in rags with clogs.

At the ballroom, Cinderella amazed everybody there include the prince. When the prince set eyes on
Cinderella, he was stuck by her beauty. Walking over to her, he bowed deeply and asked her to dance.
Cinderella had a wonderful time at the ball. But, all of a sudden, she heard the sound of a clock, the first
stroke of midnight.

Remembered what the fairy had said, Cinderella ran back to the coach and went home. But he lost one
of her slippers in ballroom. The prince who was now madly in love with her, picked up her slipper and
would search for the girl whose foot fitted with the slipper.
In the next morning, the prince began to search everywhere in the kingdom but no girl whose foot fitted
with the slipper. Until he found Cinderella house and asked Cinderella's stepsisters to wear the slipper.
But none fitted with the slipper. The prince began hopeless.

"Is there any girl else here" Asked the prince.

"Yes, there are. But she is very ugly and I think she is not the girl that you are looking for." replied
Cinderella's stepmother.

"Call her here!" Asked the prince.

Then Cinderella's stepmother called Cinderella to come out who was dressed in rags and wore clogs like
usual. The prince began to wear the slipper into Cinderella foot, and it was fit.

The prince believed that Cinderella was the girl he met in the ball. Then the prince asked Cinderella to
marry him. And at the end, Cinderella and the prince lived happily ever after in the kingdom.
Dari contoh narrative text di atas baru sebagian dari banyaknya contoh text narrative, Anda dapat
mencari contoh-contoh text narrative lainnya. Terima kasih telah berkunjung.

Untuk itu, pada kesempatan kali ini penulis mencoba hadirkan pengertian, tujuan komunikatif,
struktur kebahasaan, ciri kebahasaan dan contoh dari Narrative Text. Semoga penjelasan di
bawah ini bermanfaat. Terima kasih. Check this out!!!

A. Pengertian Narrative Text

Narrative Text adalah satu dari 13 jenis teks bahasa inggris (genre) yang lahir dari kalangan
Narration (lihat Types Of Text) sepertihalnya Recount Text, Anecdote Text, Spoof Text dan
News Items Text yang mana berfungsi untuk menceritakan kisah masa lampau dan untuk
hiburan.

B. Tujuan Komunikatif Narrative Text

Tujuan Komunikatif Narrative Text seperti yang dijelaskan di atas adalah untuk menghibur
pendengar atau pembaca tentang suatu kisah atau cerita masa lampau yang bertalian dengan
pengalaman nyata, khayal atau peristiwa-peristiwa pelik yang mengarah ke suatu krisis, yang
pada akhirnya menemukan suatu penyelesaian.

C. Generic Structure Narrative Text

Setiap jenis teks bahasa Inggris (genre) memiliki struktur teks-nya sendiri-sendiri. Struktur dari
Narrative Text terdiri dari tiga bagian yaitu :

1. Orientation
Pada bagian Orientation atau pengenalan berisi tentang pengenalan tokoh dalam cerita serta
waktu dan tempat kejadiannya.

2. Complication
Pada bagian Complication berisi tentang gambaran munculnya krisis atau masalah yang di
alami oleh tokoh pada cerita tersebut yang harus dipecahkan.

3. Resolution
Pada bagian Resolution berisi tentang bagaiman tokoh dari cerita tersebut memecahkan
masalah yang ada pada bagian Complication. Biasanya terdapat lebih dari satu Resolution
untuk satu Complication.
Pada beberapa referensi tentang Narrative Text, terdapat tambahan generic structure pada
Narrative Text, yaitu penambahan Coda setelah Resoultion. Jadi susunan Narrative text adalah
Orientiation, Complication, Resolution dan Coda.

Coda adalah bagian terakhir dari structure Narrative Text yang berisi perubahan yang terjadi
pada tokoh dan pelajaran yang dapat dipetik dari cerita tersebut.

D. Ciri Kebahasan Narrative Text

Pada Narrative Text, terdapat beberapa ciri-ciri antara lain sebagai berikut :
Mengunakan Action Verb dalam bentuk Past Tense. Misalnya : Climbed, Turned, Brought, dsb.
Menggunakan Nouns tertentu sebagai kata ganti orang, hewan dan benda tertentu dalam
cerita. Misalnya : the king, the queen, dsb.
Menggunakan Adjectives yang membentuk noun phrase. Misalnya : long black hair, two red
apples, dsb.
Menggunakan Time Connectives dan Conjunctions untuk mengurutkan kejadian-kejadian.
Misalnya : then, before, after, soon, dsb.
Menggunakan Adverbs dan Adverbial Phrase untuk menunjukkan lokasi kejadian atau
peristiwa. Misalnya : here, in the mountain, happily ever after, dsb.

E. Contoh Narrative Text

Banyak sudah contoh mengenai Narrative Text yang telah dibuat , anda bisa melihatnya di
Cerita Rakyat Bahasa Inggris. Tapi untuk lebih afdolnya, penulis hadirkan contoh Narrative Text
sebagai berikut beserta contohnya.

1. Snow White

(Orientation)
Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle
because her parents were dead.

(Complication)
One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because
they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.

Snow White did not want her Uncle and Aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she
ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her Aunt and Uncle were having
breakfast. She ran away into the woods.

(Resolution)
Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell
asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There they found Snow
White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, “what is your name?”
Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.”

Doc, one of the dwarfs, said, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh
could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and finally Snow White
and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.

Terjemahan Cerita Snow White diatas:

(Orientiation)
Suatu ketika, hiduplah seorang gadis bernama Snow White. Dia tinggal bersama paman dan
bibinya, karena orangtuanya telah meninggal.

(Complication)
Suatu hari dia mendengar paman dan bibinya berbicara tentang rencana meninggalkan istana
karena mereka berdua ingin pergi ke Ameria dan mereka tidak mempunyai cukup uang untuk
membawa serta Snow White.

Snow White tidak ingin paman dan bibinya melakukan hal tersebut, sehingga dia memutuskan
akan lebih baik jika dia pergi. Pagi harinya dia pergi dari rumah ketika paman dan bibi nya
sedang sarapan. Dia lari ke dalam hutan.

(Resolution)
Kemudian dia melihat gubuk kecil. Dia mengetuk pintu tetapi tidak ada yang menjawab
sehingga dia masuk dan merasa ngantuk.
Sementara itu, tujuh kurcaci telah pulang dari pekerjaannya. Mereka masuk. Di sana mereka
menemukan Snow White tertidur. Kemudian Snow White terbangun. Dia melihat kurcaci
tersebut. Kurcaci tersebut berkata "Siapa nama kamu?" Snow White menjawab, "Nama saya
Snow White."

Doc, salah satu dari kurcaci tersebut berkata, "Jika kamu mau, kamu bisa tinggal di sini
bersama kami." Snow White berkata, "Oh, bolehkah? Terima kasih." Kemudian Snow White
menceritakan semua kisahnya dan akhirnya Snow White dan 7 kurcaci hidup bahagian
selamanya.

2. Three Fishes

(Orientation)
Once, three fishes lived in a pond. One evening, some fishermen passed by the pond and saw
the fishes. 'This pond is full of fish', they told each other excitedly. 'We have never fished here
before. We must come back tomorrow morning with our nets and catch these fish!' Then the
fishermen left.

(Complication)
When the eldest of the three fishes heard this, he was troubled. He called the other fishes
together and said, 'Did you hear what the fishermen said? We must leave this pond at once.
The fishermen will return tomorrow and kill us all!' The second of the three fishes agreed. 'You
are right', he said. 'We must leave the pond.'

But the youngest fish laughed. 'You are worrying without reason', he said. 'We have lived in this
pond all our lives, and no fisherman has ever come here. Why should these men return? I am
not going anywhere - my luck will keep me safe.'

(Resolution)
The eldest of the fishes left the pond that very evening with his entire family. The second fish
saw the fishermen coming in the distance early next morning and left the pond at once with all
his family. The third fish refused to leave even then.

The fishermen arrived and caught all the fish left in the pond. The third fish's luck did not help
him - he too was caught and killed.

(Coda)
The fish who saw trouble ahead and acted before it arrived as well as the fish who acted as
soon as it came both survived. But the fish who relied only on luck and did nothing at all died.
So also in life.
Terjamhan Cerita Three Fishes diatas

(Orientation)
Suatu ketika, terdapatlah tiga ikan yang hidup di sebuah kolam. Di suatu sore, beberapa
nelayan melewati kolam tersebut dan melihat ikan-ikan itu. "Kolam ini penuh dengan ikan",
merka berbicara satu sama lain dengan bergairah. "Kita belum pernah memancing di sini
sebelumnya. Kita harus datang lagi besok pagi dengan jaring kita dan manangkap ikan-ikan
ini!" Kemudian nelayan-nelayan tersebut pergi.

(Complication)
Ketika ikan yang paling tua mendengar ini, dia gelisah. Dia memanggil ikan-ikan yang lain dan
berkata, 'Apakah kamu dengar apa yang dikatakan nelayan itu? Kita harus meninggalkan kolam
ini. Nelayan itu akan kembali besok dan membunuh kita semua!' Ikan kedua setuju. 'Kamu
benar', dia berkata. 'Kita harus meninggalkan kolam ini.'

Tetapi ikan yang paling muda tertawa. 'Kamu cemas tanpa ada alasan', dia berkata. 'Kita telah
tinggal di kolam ini semur hidup kita, dan tidak ada nelayan yang datang kesini. Kenapa harus
orang-orang itu kembali? Saya tidak akan pergi kemana-mana - keberuntunganku akan
menyelamatkan ku.'

(Resolution)
Ikan tertua meninggalkan kolam tersebut pada sora hari dengan seluruh keluarganya. Ikan
kedua melihat nelayan datang di kejauhan pada pagi hari dan meninggalkan kolam tersebut
dengan seluruh keluarganya. Ikan ketiga tetap menolak untuk pergi.

Nelayan tersebut pun datang dan menangkap semua ikan yang tertinggal di kolam.
Keberuntungan ikan ketiga tidak menyelamatkannya - dia juga tertangkap dan dibunuh.

(Coda)
Ikan yang cemas dahulu dan bertindak sebelum nelayan datang dan ikan yang tertindak ketika
nelayan datang bershasil selamat. Tetapi ikan yang mempercayakan hanya pada
keberuntungan dan tidak berbuat apa-apa semuanya mati. Begitu juga pada kehidupan.

Untuk melengkapi ke-2 contoh di atas, berikut beberapa Contoh Narrative Text yang lain:
Cinderella
Beauty and The Beast
Snow White
Three Little Pigs
Ali Baba and Forty Thieves
5 Contoh Narrative Text Singkat
5 Contoh Narrative Text Fabel (Cerita Hewan)

Pengertian, Tujuan, Ciri Narrative Text dan Contohnya

A. Pengertian Narrative Text dan contohnya
Sebelum membahas tentang tujuan dan ciri-ciri narrative text dan contohnya, mari kita pahami dulu apa
itu pengertian narrative text. Jika merujuk pada wikipedia, maka yang dimaksud dengan narrative text
adalah: “a narrative (or story) is any report of connected events, presented in a sequence of written or
spoken words, and/or in a sequence of (moving) pictures”. Atau jika diterjemahkan, maka yang dimaksud
dengan Narrative text adalah jenis genre yang rangkaian peristiwa atau ceritanya dari waktu ke waktu
dan dijabarkan dengan urutan awal, tengah dan akhir. Jadi harus kronologis, maksudnya kronologis itu
diceritakan secara runtut dan tidak boleh loncat-loncat.
B. Tujuan Narrative Text
Tujuan dasar dari text narasi adalah untuk menghibur dan menarik minat pembaca dengan menyajikan
cerita atau peristiwa yang memiliki masalah yang menimbulkan konflik dan pada akhir cerita ada
resolusinya atau akhir yang bahagia atau bahkan menyedihkan. Sebenarnya teks narrative tidak hanya
terbatas pada cerita yang berbau mistis, fiksi, legenda, dongeng ataupun fabel saja, tapi cerita lain yang
berbentuk petualangan, misteri dan semua bentuk cerita. Intinya, narrative text adalah tentang cerita.
Tapi dalam pelajaran di sekolah, teks yang bergenre naratif biasanya hanya digunakan untuk
menunjukkan cerita fiksi seperti dongeng ataupun legenda saja.
Jika dilihat dari jenisnya, maka narrative text yang sering dimaksudkan oleh bapak ibu guru adalah
termasuk kategori Narasi Sugestif, yaitu teks yang tujuannya agar pembaca mendapatkan hikmah dari
sebuah cerita.
C. Struktur Umum
Orientasi : set adegan dan memperkenalkan para peserta.
Komplikasi : krisis, konflik, atau masalah muncul.
Resolusi : krisis atau masalah tersebut teratasi, untuk lebih baik atau lebih buruk.
Re-Orientasi : Opsional (tidak harus).
D. Ciri-ciri Redaksi Narrative Text
Jika kamu mendapat tugas untuk membuat sebuah tulisan dengan genre narrative text, maka ciri-ciri di
bawah ini bisa dijadikan pedoman:
Fokus pada satu tokoh atau pelaku dan biasanya individual sehingga biasanya menggunakan kata ganti
seperti “I, we, she, he”.
Paling sering menggunakan past tense baik itu simple past tense, past continuous, maupun bentuk past
tense lainnya.
Terkadang menggunakan dialog untuk mengajak pembaca berimajinasi sehingga ceritanya terlihat lebih
jelas dan nyata.
Karena berurutan (kronologis), maka biasanya juga menggunakan kata sambung (conjunction) agar
cerita terlihat runtut atau urut.
E. Contoh Narrative Text dan Penjelasannya.

Contoh 1: Cinderella.
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young girl named Cinderella. He lived with his step mother and
two sisters. They were arrogant and bad tempered. They treated Cinderella very badly. Her step mother
made Cinderella do the hardest job in the house, such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot and pan
and preparing food for the family. Her step sisters, on the other hand, did not work on the house. Their
mother gave them many pretty dresses to wear.
One day, a king invited all girls in his kingdom to attend a ball in his palace. They were excited about this
and spent so much time choosing the dresses they would wear. Cinderella could not stop crying after
they left.
“Why are you crying, Cinderella?” the voice asked.
She looked up and saw a fairy standing beside her. Then Cinderella told her why she was crying. Well the
fairy said, “you’ve been such a cheerful, hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I will see that you go to
the ball.” The fairy turned a pumpkin into a coach and mice into a smooth two coach man and footman
then tapped Cinderella’s dress with her wand, and it became a beautiful ball gown.
Then he gave her a pair of pretty glass shoes. Now, Cinderella, she said, “you have to leave the ball
before midnight”. Then he drove away a wonderful coach. Cinderella had a marvelous time either. She
danced again and again with the prince. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the
door as fast as he could do. In her hurry, one of her glass shoes left behind.
A few days later, the prince declared that he would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass shoe.
Cinderella’s stepsisters tried on it but it was too small for them, no matter how hard they squeezed their
toes into it. In the end, the king’s page let Cinderella try the shoe. She stretched his legs and slipped the
shoe on the page. It fitted perfectly. Finally, she was ushered into a magnificent palace and height. The
prince were glad to see her again. They married and lived happily ever after.
Penjelasan:
Paragraf pertama berisi Orientation, yaitu pengenalan tokoh-tokoh yang ada pada dongeng Cinderella.
Paragraf kedua berisi Complication, yaitu masalah muncul ketika Cinderella tidak boleh pergi ke pesta
dansa (ball).
Paragraf ketiga berisi Resolution, yaitu masalah terpecahkan ketika seorang peri menolongnya.
Paragraf terakhir, berisi Re-Orientation, yaitu akhir cerita yang bahagia dimana akhirnya Cinderella
menikah dengan pangeran.
Demikianlah penjelasan tentang Pengertian, Tujuan, Ciri Narrative Text dan Contohnya. Semoga
membantu. Jika kamu suka artikel ini, mohon berikan like, twit. Terima kasih.
1. The Boy Who Cried Wolf

There was once a young shepherd boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a
dark forest. 1 It was lonely for him watching the sheep all day. No one was near, except for
three farmers he could sometimes see working in the fi elds in the valley below.

One day the boy thought of a plan that would help him get a little company and have some fun.
3 He ran down toward the valley crying, “Wolf! Wolf!”

The men ran to meet him, and after they found out there was no wolf after all, one man
remained to talk with the boy awhile.

The boy enjoyed the company so much that a few days later he tried the same prank again, and
again the men ran to help him.

A few days later, a real wolf came from the forest and began to steal the sheep. The startled 6
boy ran toward the valley, and more loudly than ever he cried, “Wolf! Wolf!”

But the men, who had been fooled twice before, thought that the boy was tricking them again.
So no one came to help the boy save his sheep.

Moral: If you often don’t tell the truth, people won’t believe you even when you are telling the
truth.

Pemuda yang Beteriak Serigala

Suatu ketika, ada penggembala muda yang menggembala domba-dombanya di kaki gunung
dekat hutan gelap. Sungguh sangat kesepian baginya melihat domba sepanjang hari. Tidak ada
yang dekat, kecuali tiga petani yang kadang-kadang ia bisa melihat bekerja di sawah di bawah
lembah.

Suatu hari anak itu memikirkan rencana yang akan membantunya mendapatkan teman dan
bersenang-senang. Dia berlari ke arah lembah berteriak, "Serigala! Serigala! "

Orang-orang pun berlari untuk menemui dia, dan setelah mereka mencari tahu tidak ada
serigala sama sekali, satu orang masih berbicara dengan anak sejenak.

Anak itu sangat menikmati pertemanan tersebut sehingga beberapa hari kemudian ia mencoba
tipuan yang sama lagi, dan lagi orang-orang berlari untuk membantunya.

Beberapa hari kemudian, serigala sungguhan datang dari hutan dan mulai mencuri domba.
Terkejut anak itu berlari ke arah lembah dan ia berteriak lebih keras dari sebelumnya, "Serigala!
Serigala! "

Tapi orang-orang yang telah tertipu dua kali sebelumnya tersebut berpikir bahwa anak itu
menipu mereka lagi. Jadi tidak ada yang datang untuk membantu anak itu menyelamatkan
domba-dombanya.

Moral: Jika kamu sering tidak berkata jujur, orang tidak mempercai kamu bahkan ketika kamu
mengatakan hal yang sebenarnya.

2. The Goose and The Golden Eggs

Once a farmer went to the nest of his goose and found there an egg, all yellow and shiny. When
he picked it up, it was heavy as a rock. 1 He was about to throw it away because he thought
that someone was playing a trick on him. 2 But on second thought, he took it home, and
discovered to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold!
He sold the egg for a lot of money. Every morning the goose laid another golden egg, and the
farmer soon became rich by selling the eggs.

As he grew rich, he also grew greedy. 6 “Why should I have to wait to get only one egg a day?”
he thought. “I will cut open the goose and take all the eggs out of her at once.”

When the goose heard the farmer’s plan, she fl ew away to a nearby farm. So when the farmer
came out the next day, do you know what he found in the goose’s nest? 8 Nothing.

Moral: Someone who wants more often loses all. When you want something, be patient. If you
are greedy, you might lose what you already have.

Angsa dan Telur Emas

Suatu ketika seorang petani pergi ke sarang angsa dan menemukan ada sebuah telur,
warnanya kuning dan mengkilap. Ketika ia mengambilnya, telur itu berat seperti batu. Dia
hampir akan membuangnya karena ia pikir bahwa seseorang sedang mengerjainya. Tapi
setelah dipikir-pikir lagi, ia membawanya pulang dan menyadari bahwa itu adalah telur emas
murni!

Dia menjual telur tersebut untuk uang yang sangat banyak. Setiap pagi angsa tersebut bertelur
telur emas yang lain, dan petani tersebut pun menjadi kaya dengan menjual telur-telur tersebut.

Ketika ia menjadi kaya, ia juga tumbuh serakah. "Mengapa saya harus menunggu untuk
mendapatkan hanya satu telur sehari?" Pikirnya. "Saya akan membelah angsa tersebut dan
mengambil semua telur keluar dari tubuhnya sekaligus."

Ketika angsa tersebut mendengar rencana petani itu, ia segera terbang pergi ke sebuah
peternakan lain di dekatnya. Jadi, ketika petani tersebut keluar di hari berikutnya, kau tahu apa
yang ia temukan di sarang angsa itu? Tidak ada.

Moral: Orang yang selalu ingin lebih kadang sering kehilangan semuanya. Jika kamu
menginginkan sesuatu, bersabarlah. Jika kamu serakah, kamu mungkin kehilangan apa yang
sudah kamu miliki.

3. A Wolf and A Dog

Once there was a wolf who was nearly dead with hunger. He was very thin, so that the outline of
his bones could be seen clearly beneath his thinning coat of hair. With hardly enough energy to
walk, the wolf had little hope of finding food. As he lay beneath a large tree, a dog out for a walk
noticed him. Seeing how thin and hungry-looking the wolf was, the dog felt sorry for him and
said, "You are in terrible shape! You look as if you haven't eaten for many days."

"You're right," said the wolf. "I haven't eaten because you and your friends are doing such a
good job of guarding the sheep. Now I am so weak that I have little hope of finding food. I think I
will surely die."

Then why not join us? Asked the dog. "I work regularly and I eat regularly. You could do the
same. I will arrange it. You can help me and the other dogs guard the sheep. In that way, we
won't have to worry about your stealing the sheep any more and you won't have to worry about
going hungry any more. It's a good deal for both of us."

The wolf thought it over for a few minutes and then decided that the dog was right. So they went
off together toward the ranch house where the dog lived. But, as they were walking, the wolf
noticed that the hair on a certain part of the dog's neck was very thin. He was curious about this,
for the dog had such a beautiful coat every where else. Finally, he asked the dog about it.

"Oh, don't worry about that," said the dog. "It's the place where the collar rubs on my neck when
my master chains me up at night."

"Chained up!" cried the wolf, "Do you mean that you are chained up at night? If I come to live
with you, will I be chained up at night too?"

That's right," answered the dog. "But, You'll get used to it soon enough. I hardly think about it
anymore."
"But, if I am chained up, then I won't be able to walk when I want to take a walk or to run where I
want to run," the wolf said. "If I come to live with you, I won't be free anymore." After saying this,
the wolf turned and ran away.

Moral: Freedom is everything!

Seekor Serigala dan Seekor Anjing

Suatu ketika ada serigala yang hampir mati karena kelaparan. Dia sangat kurus, sehingga garis
tulangnya bisa dilihat dengan jelas di bawah rambutnya yang menipis. Dengan energi yang
hampir tidak cukup untuk berjalan, serigala memiliki sedikit harapan untuk menemukan
makanan. Saat ia berbaring di bawah pohon besar, seekor anjing sedang keluar untuk berjalan-
jalan melihat dia. Melihat betapa kurus dan laparnya serigala itu, anjing tersebut pun merasa
kasihan padanya dan berkata, "Kondisi kamu sangat mengerikan! Kamu tampak seolah-olah
belum makan selama berhari-hari."

"Kau benar," kata serigala. "Aku belum makan karena kamu dan teman-teman mu melakukan
pekerjaan yang baik menjaga domba-domba. Sekarang aku sangat lemah sehingga aku
memiliki harapan yang sedikit untuk menemukan makanan. Aku pikir aku pasti akan mati."

Lalu mengapa tidak bergabung dengan kami? tanya si anjing. "Saya bekerja secara teratur dan
saya makan secara teratur. Kamu juga bisa melakukan hal yang sama. Saya akan
mengaturnya. kamu dapat membantu saya dan anjing-anjing lainnya menjaga domba-domba
itu. Dengan cara itu, kita tidak akan perlu khawatir tentang pencurian domba lagi dan kamu
tidak perlu khawatir akan lapar lagi. Ini adalah kesepakatan yang baik bagi kita berdua."

Serigala memikirkan hal itu selama beberapa menit dan kemudian memutuskan bahwa anjing
itu benar. Jadi mereka pergi bersama menuju rumah peternakan di mana anjing itu tinggal.
Tapi, saat di perjalan, serigala tersebut melihat bahwa rambut di bagian tertentu dari leher
anjing itu sangat tipis. Dia penasaran tentang hal itu, untuk anjing yang mempunyai seperti bulu
yang indah setiap tubuhnya. Akhirnya, ia bertanya pada anjing tersebut tentang hal itu.

"Oh, jangan khawatir tentang itu," kata si anjing. "Ini adalah tempat di mana bekas tali di leher
saya ketika tuan saya mengikat saya di malam hari."

"Diikiat!" teriak serigala, "Maksud kamu bahwa kamu dirantai di malam hari? Jika saya datang
untuk tinggal dengan kamu, saya juga akan dirantai di malam hari?"

Itu benar, "jawab anjing." Tapi, kamu akan terbiasa untuk itu cukup cepat. Saya tidak berpikir
tentang hal itu lagi. "

"Tapi, jika saya dirantai, maka saya tidak akan bisa berjalan ketika saya ingin berjalan-jalan
atau untuk menjalankan di mana saya ingin menjalankan," kata serigala. "Jika saya datang
untuk tinggal dengan Anda, saya tidak akan bebas lagi." Setelah mengatakan itu, serigala
tersebut pun berbalik dan lari.

Moral: Kebebasan adalah segalanya!