NARRATIVE TEXT

Narrative is “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.”

Struktur teks Narrative

Adapun beberapa uraian di atas juga terdapat struktur dalam penulisannya diantaranya
adalah sebagai berikut:

 Orientation: hal ini merupakan sebagai kata pendahuluan atau pembuka.

 Complication: hal ini merupakan suatu pengembangan konflik atau masalah
cerita nya.
 Resolution: adalah sebuah konflik dan langkah untuk menyelesaikan hingga
diambil dalam merespons.
 Re-orientation: sebuah ungkapan penutup dengan menunjukan suatu cerita
 Coda: sebuah perubahan dan dapat terjadi pada tokoh dan pelajaran yang
bersifat opsional.

Unsur Narrative Text

Pada umumnya hal tersebut memiliki unsur dengan menggunakan kata – kata yang
bijak dan mudah di pahami, sehingga dalam membuat kalimatnya terdapat unsurnya.

Berikut beberapa Unsur Narrative Text adalah sebagai beriku:

o Noun: hal ini pada umumnya terdapat kata benda yang digunakan kata ganti
hewan dan lain-lain.
o Past tense: untuk menggunakan kata dengan bentuk yang lampau
 o Time connective: merupakan suatu kata penghubung dengan mengurutkan
kata kejadian
o Action verbs: Sebuah kata kerja dengan menunjukan suatu peristiwa pada
kegiatan.
o Saying verb: Adalah kata kerja dengan pelaporan pada ujaran dan menunjukan
peristiwanya

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

Jenis-jenis text narrative:

 Fable (fabel): Cerita yang menggambarkan tentang binatang.

 Legend (legenda): Cerita rakyat yang menggambarkan bagaimana asal usul
suatu tempat itu terjadi
 Myth (mite): Cerita mitos ini banyak beredar dalam masyarakat dan umumnya
diaggap sebagi cerita faktual.
 Fairy tales (dongeng): Cerita rakyat yang biasanya disebut sebagai dongeng
atau cerita anak-anak yang berisi banyak keajaiaban pada tokoh-tokoh ceritanya
dan sering mangandung pesan moral
 Folk tale (cerita rakyat): Sebuah cerita yang dituturkan turun temurun sehingga
menjadi bagian dari tradisi suatu masyarakat
 Love story : kalau cerita cinta ini lebih pada tema ceritanya yang berisi
perjuangan untuk mendapatkan cinta bagi tokoh cerita.

 Contoh Narrative Text

 Fable (fabel):
The Fox and The Grapes
One afternoon there was a fox that was walking through the forest and
spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from over a lofty branch. “Just the thing to
quench my thirst,” quoted the fox. Taking a few steps backward, the fox jumped
but unfortunately he missed the hanging grapes. Again the fox took a few paces
backward, ran, and tried to reach them but he still failed.
 Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, “They’re probably
sour anyway,” and proceeded to walk away.
Moral Value: it’s easy to despise what you cannot have.
 Legend (legenda):
In one village of North Sumatera, there lived a poor farmer named Toba.
One day, he went fishing. Luckily, he got a beautiful goldfish. He carried it home
then planned to cook it. When he got home, the fish turned into a beautiful
woman.The woman told him that she was cursed. She asked Toba to keep it as
a secret. Toba agreed it only with one condition that she would marry him. Then
they got married and soon had one child named Samosir. This boy liked to eat
much food.
One day, mother asked Samosir to bring lunch to father. On the way to
rice field, he stopped and ate most of food. After that, he gave the rest of food to
his father. Toba was very angry and shouted at Samosir “You, a fish kid, you are
so greedy!” Samosir cried and ran toward his mother. He asked mother why
father called him a fish kid.

Moral Value: Don't break your promise that has been made

 Myth (mite):
Why Does the Sea Become Salty
In ancient times there lived two brothers named Xia Ming and Yao Ming.
They lived on the edge of a beach. One day, their rich father died. Xia Ming
which was the oldest brother brought all the wealth of his father and left his
brother.
Then Yao Ming became very poor. He had to work very hard to make a
living. One day, an old man who starved came to his home. He asked for some
food to Yao Ming. Although he lived in poverty, he was very generous. He gave
the old man all his food. “Thank you Son! You’re very good to me! “The old man
said. Then he told Yao Ming to go to the top of the mountain. “Go to the top of
the mountain! There you will find a cave filled with fairies. Go and ask a magic
stone to them!” He said.
In the next day, Yao Ming went up to mountain and brought all his foods.
When arriving at the top of the mountain, he found a cave that was intended by
the old man. Then, Yao Ming entered the cave and found a lot of fairies in it. The
fairies were starving; they were attracted to the food which was brought by him.
He felt sorry for them and gave all the food to them. The fairies were happy, “Ask
something to us!” they said. “Give me a magic stone!” He pleaded. Then the
fairies gave him a magic stone. After that he returned to his house.
At first, Yao Ming did not know what the function of the stone is. When he
got home, he was hungry while all his food had run out. “I want to eat
something!” He said to himself. Suddenly a delicious meal appeared on his the
table. Since that day, Yao Ming became affluent people. His brother heard the
 wonders of magic rock which was owned by his brother. He stole the stone when
her brother was asleep. Afterward, he went to sail in the ocean.
Xia Ming which was greedy, asked for salt to be sold. Then salt appeared
in the boat but he felt it was not enough to be sold. He asked for more salt so that
he could earn more money. The magic stone continued to excrete salt until the
ship was filled with salt. However, the stones kept excreting salt without stopping
till the ship along with Xia Ming sunk to the sea floor. Until now the stone
continues to excrete salt and make all the oceans became salty.
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Moral Value: don't be a greedy. Be grateful for anything that given by god. by
grateful your life will be in peace, but if the greed rules you, you will never feel
satisfication, and no peace you will get in your life.
 Fairy tales (dongeng):
In the past, there was a puppeteer whose name is Geppetto. He eager to
have a son very much but his wifepassed away several years ago. One day, he
got an idea to make a puppet in order not to be lonely again. Hemade a puppet
all day long. Finally, in the morning he had finished his work and he named the
puppet Pinocchio.Soon he felt lonely again since Pinocchio couldn’t walk or talk
by itself. One night, Geppetto prayed to the God tobecome a real boy. He always
thought it on his mind in his dream.
In the next morning, he was surprised that Pinocchio was alive. He taught
Pinocchio how to walk, how to read,how to speak and to do other things as
human. He then studied at an elementary school. One day, Pinocchio feltbored
and it made him go home late. When Pinocchio finally came home, Geppetto
asked him. He said that hewas on school but he wasn’t. Instantly, Pinocchio’s
nose grew longer and longer and it meant that Pinocchio has lied.
The next morning, Pinocchio was kidnaped by the owner of circus.
Pinocchio soon became a slave for the circus.He was so famous because he
was a puppet which can talk. Geppetto worried about him because Pinocchio
hadnot been going home for almost two days. He tried to find Pinocchio
everywhere but he found nothing. When hesearched him on the sea, big wave
smashed him. He was then in whale’s stomach when he awoke. He couldn’t
find the way to go out.
In the other side, Pinocchio finally could escape out from the circus. He
came home but nobody was there. Latteron, he searched Geppetto in the sea.
He got the same accident like Geppetto and he met Geppetto in
whale’s stomach. Both of them got out from its stomach by making a fire. In the
end of the story, they went home togetherand lived happily ever after
Moral Value: Don't lie because you will definitely find out too
 Folk tale (cerita rakyat):
Malin Kundang
Once upon a time, on the north coast of Sumatra lived a poor woman and his
son. The boy was called Malin Kundang. They didn’t earn much as fishing was
their only source of income. Malin Kundang grew up as a skillful young boy. He
always helps his mother to earn some money. However, as they were only
fisherman’s helper, they still lived in poverty. “Mother, what if I sail overseas?”
asked Malin Kundang one day to his mother. Her mother didn’t agree but Malin
Kundang had made up his mind. “Mother, if I stay here, I’ll always be a poor man.
I want to be a successful person,” urged Malin kundang. His mother wiped her
tears, “If you really want to go, I can’t stop you. I could only pray to God for you to
gain success in life,” said his mother wisely. “But, promise me, you’ll come
home.”

In the next morning, Malin Kundang was ready to go. Three days ago, he met
one of the successful ship’s crew. Malin was offered to join him. “Take a good
care of yourself, son,” said Malin Kundang’s mother as she gave him some food
supplies. “Yes, Mother,” Malin Kundang said. “You too have to take a good care
of yourself. I’ll keep in touch with you,” he continued before kissing his mother’s
hand. Before Malin stepped onto the ship, Malin’s mother hugged him tight as if
she didn’t want to let him go.

It had been three months since Malin Kundang left his mother. As his mother had
predicted before, he hadn’t contacted her yet. Every morning, she stood on the
pier. She wished to see the ship that brought Malin kundang home. Every day
and night, she prayed to the God for her son’s safety. There was so much prayer
that had been said due to her deep love for Malin Kundang. Even though it’s
been a year she had not heard any news from Malin Kundang, she kept waiting
and praying for him.

After several years waiting without any news, Malin Kundang’s mother was
suddenly surprised by the arrival of a big ship in the pier where she usually stood
to wait for her son. When the ship finally pulled over, Malin Kundang’s mother
saw a man who looked wealthy stepping down a ladder along with a beautiful
woman. She could not be wrong. Her blurry eyes still easily recognized him. The
man was Malin Kundang, her son.

Malin Kundang’s mother quickly went to see her beloved son. “Malin, you’re
back, son!” said Malin Kundang’s mother and without hesitation, she came
running to hug Malin Kundang, “I miss you so much.” But, Malin Kundang didn’t
show any respond. He was ashamed to admit his own mother in front of his
beautiful wife. “You’re not my Mother. I don’t know you. My mother would never
wear such ragged and ugly clothes,” said Malin Kundang as he release his
mother embrace.
 Malin Kundang’s mother take a step back, “Malin…You don’t recognize me? I’m
your mother!” she said sadly. Malin Kundang’s face was as cold as ice. “Guard,
take this old women out of here,” Malin Kundang ordered his bodyguard. “Give
her some money so she won’t disturb me again!” Malin Kundang’s mother cried
as she was dragged by the bodyguard, ”Malin… my son. Why do you treat your
own mother like this?”

Malin Kundang ignored his mother and ordered the ship crews to set sail. Malin
Kundang’s mother sat alone in the pier. Her heart was so hurt, she cried and
cried. “Dear God, if he isn’t my son, please let him have a save journey. But if he
is, I cursed him to become a stone,” she prayed to the God.

In the quiet sea, suddenly the wind blew so hard and a thunderstorm came. Malin
Kundang’s huge ship was wrecked. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship,
and fell on a small island. Suddenly, his whole body turned into stone. He was
punished for not admitting his own mother
Moral Value: We must respect our parents because they're the most important
person in the world
 Love story :
Story of Becca and Joe
There was a girl named Becca and a boy named Joe. They
love very much to each other
One day, Becca was in a burning house. None of the
firefighters could get in the house because the fire was too big. So
Joe dressed in one of the fire suits and got into the house. When Joe
got up the stairs, the steps fell off behind him.
When Joe got into the girl’s room, he sealed the door up
behind him. He held the girl tightly and said that he loved her. The girl
asked what was wrong. Joe said that he was going to die. The girl’s
eyes widened as she began to cry.
Joe picked the girl up and jumped out of the four story house.
Joe landed on his back with her on top of him. Joe died to save the
girl’s life.
 ..