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Pengertian Narrative Text

Narrative text merupakan salah satu jenis teks yang bercerita mengenai rangkaian peristiwa secara
kronologis serta saling terhubung. Sifat narrative text adalah imajinatif atau berupa cerita fiktif
(karangan) yang memiliki tujuan untuk menghibur pembaca.

2.Jenis-Jenis Narrative Text

Narrative memiliki beberapa jenis yang perlu Anda pahami. Berikut penjelasannya.

-Fable atau fabel

merupakan cerita yang berkisah mengenai binatang. Contoh, The Ugly Duckling, The Country of the
Mice, A Bear and A Rabbit, The Cat and The Rat, The Greedy Monkey, A Fox and A Little Bird, The Mouse
Deer and Crocodile dan lain sebagainya

Myth atau mitos

merupakan cerita mitos / mite yang berkembang pada masyarakat serta umumnya dianggap sebagai
cerita faktual atau benar-benar terjadi. Contohnya Aji Saka and Dewata Cengkar.

Legend atau legenda,

adalah cerita yang mengisahkan mengenai bagaimana asal usul suatu tempat. The Legend of Surabaya,
The Legend of Candi Prambanan, Story of Lake Toba.

Folktale/ folklore/ cerita rakyat

merupakan cerita yang diturunkan secara turun temurun hingga menjadi bagian tradisi masyarakat.
Contohnya Malin Kundang, Golden eggs.

Fairy tales atau dongeng

adalah cerita rakyat atau cerita kanak-kanak yang memiliki keajaiban dalam kisah yang diceritakan oleh
penulisnya. Contohnya Timun Mas, Tinker Bell, Tumbelina.
Love story atau cerita cinta / romance

adalah cerita yang mengkisahkan ( umumnya ) perjuangan cinta tokoh utama atau mengenai kisah cinta
tokoh-tokohnya. Contohnya, Romeo and Juliet, I’m One of Those Fool Man.

Personal experience

merupakan narrative text yang berisi mengenai pengalaman pribadi penulis.

Slice of life

adalah cerita yang berisi mengenai kegiatan atau kisah yang terjadi pada keseharian penulis atau tokoh
imajinatif. Contohnya True friends.

Horror stories

merupakan salah satu jenis narrative text yang menceritakan kisah-kisah seram umumnya seperti hantu
atau makhluk astral lain.

Science fiction

adalah cerita yang berkisah mengenai hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan sains.

Dalam mempelajari narrative text, yang terpenting adalah bagaimana kemampuan kamu membaca
dalam bahasa Inggris, buku Cara Gampang Belajar Toefl Reading oleh Peni R. Pramono ini akan
membantu kamu dalam mengasah dan melatih kemampuan membaca kamu.
Ciri-Ciri Narrative Text

Narrative text menceritakan mengenai kisah yang ada di masa lalu.

Menggunakan noun atau kata benda untuk menggantikan kata hewan, orang, benda dalam cerita.
Contohnya the dwarfs, carriage dan lain sebagainya.

Biasanya merupakan cerita-cerita yang sudah banyak diketahui oleh orang serta berkembang di
masyarakat. Contohnya seperti The Rabbit and The Turtle, Malin Kundang dan lain sebagainya.

Unsur cerita narrative text terdiri atas setting waktu, tempat, tema cerita, tokoh, suasana, konflik serta
penyelesaian.

Tersusun dalam sebuah sekuel sederhana atau beberapa sekuel kompleks.

Unsur Kebahasaan Narrative Text

Narrative text juga memiliki unsur kebahasaan atau language feature yang terdiri atas 7 unsur sebagai
berikut.

Menggunakan past tense, contohnya dengan menggunakan verb 3 seperti killed, drunk, won, sent dan
lainnya.

Menggunakan keterangan waktu atau adverb of time, contohnya when, suddenly, before, until, soon.

Menggunakan konjungsi waktu atau time conjunction, contohnya after, as soon as, then.

Menggunakan karakter spesifik atau specific character, contohnya Aladin, Rapunzel, Cinderella.

Kata kerja aksi atau action verbs, contohnya walked, wrote, bought, talked.

Menggunakan direct speech atau kalimat langsung yang menggunakan present tense, contohnya Aladin
say, “she is the one”

Menggunakan saying and thinking verb atau kata kerja yang menunjukan ujaran, contohnya told, said,
thought.

Karena berkaitan dengan keterangan waktu, sangat penting untuk memahami tenses yang digunakan
pada sebuah kalimat. Grameds dapat mempelajari tenses melalui buku The 1st Students Choice
Changing Times Changing Tenses.
Narrative text memiliki tiga unsur utama yang harus ada dalam sebuah cerita narrative text, berikut
penjelasannya.

Orientation, merupakan paragraf awal yang berisi mengenai perkenalan tokoh yang terlibat dalam suatu
kejadian dalam cerita. Selain itu orientation berisi tempat kejadian serta waktu cerita.

Complication, terdiri atas paragraf yang menjelaskan mengenai awal mula peristiwa atau kejadian. Awal
mula peristiwa tersebut menjadi rentetan alur cerita yang kemudian berlanjut pada konflik, klimaks
serta anti klimaks.

Resolution, merupakan bagian akhir cerita. Sesuai namanya, pada struktur ketiga dari narrative text ini
berisi penyelesaian.

Complication terdiri atas tiga konflik, yaitu

Natural conflict, konflik alam atau antar semesta.

Social conflict, konflik antar tokoh atau pelaku.

Psychological conflict, konflik pada batin atau diri sendiri.

Selain ketiga struktur utama dari narrative text tersebut, penulis dapat menambahkan evaluation serta
reorientation. Evaluation merupakan evaluasi pada jalan cerita, sedangkan reorientation merupakan
kesimpulan di akhir cerita.

Contoh Narrative Text (Soal 1)

Agar dapat memahami narrative text lebih jelas, berikut beberapa contoh soal narrative text.

“ The Ugly Duckling”

A little duckling was terribly unhappy because he thought he was the ugliest amongst all his brothers
and sisters. They’d not play with him and titillated the poor ugly duckling. One day, he saw his reflection
within the water and cried, “Nobody likes me. I’m so ugly.” He decided to go away from home and went
far-off into the woods.
Deep within the forest, he saw a cottage in which there lived an old lady, her hen, and her cat. The
duckling stayed with them for a few times however he was sad there and shortly left. Once the winter
set in, the poor duckling nearly froze to death. A peasant took him home to his woman and kids. The
poor duckling was afraid of the kids and escaped. The ugly duckling spent the winter in a very marshy
lake.

Finally, spring arrived. One day, the duckling saw a gorgeous swan swimming within the lake and fell in
love with her. Then again he remembered how everybody made fun of him and he bent his head down
in shame. Once he saw his own reflection in the water he was astonied. He wasn’t an unsightly duckling
any longer, but a handsome young swan! Now, he knew why he had looked so completely different from
his brothers and sisters. “They were ducklings but I used to be a baby swan!” he said to himself. He
married the gorgeous swan and lived happily ever once.

1. Why did the baby duck decide to leave home?

A. He saw a swan.

B. He is trying to catch a kit.

C. He saw his reflection and thought nobody liked him because he was ugly.

Jawabannya adalah C, penjelasannya terdapat pada paragraf awal, kalimat terakhir.

2. After leaving home, where does the duckling go?

A. He goes to the hills.

B. A cottage in a deep forest.

C. He go to another village

Jawabannya adalah B, penjelasannya terdapat pada paragraf dua kalimat pertama.

3. Who took the ugly duckling to home after going away from cottage?

A. A peasant.

B. A hen.

C. Beautiful swan.

Jawabannya adalah A, penjelasannya terdapat pada paragraf dua, kalimat ketiga “A peasant took him
home to his wife and children.”

4. Where ugly duckling spend the winter?

A. A cottage.

B. Marshy pond.

C. Lake.

Jawabannya adalah B, penjelasannya terdapat pada paragraf dua kalimat terakhir “The ugly duckling
spent the winter in a marshy pond.”
5. When the ugly duckling saw a gorgeous swan?

A. Winter.

B. Summer.

C. Spring.

Jawabannya adalah C, penjelasannya terdapat pada pragraf terkahir kalimat pertama, “Finally, spring
arrived. One day, the duckling saw a gorgeous swan swimming within the lake and fell in love with her.”

6. Why did the ugly duckling bent down and shame when he saw a gorgeous swan?

A. He remembered everyone made fun of him.

B. Because he is a duck

C. He forgot why.

Jawabannya adalah A, penjelasannya terdapat pada paragraf terakhir kalimat ketiga “Then again he
remembered how everybody made fun of him and he bent his head down in shame.”

7. Why ugly ducklings feel astonished?

A. He saw his own reflection.

B. He saw the beautiful swan.

C. He saw a flying bird.

Jawabannya adalah A, penjelasannya terdapat pada paragraf terakhir kalimat “When he saw his own
reflection in the water he was astonished.”

8. Why did he call the ugly duckling?

A. He has different colors.

B. He is a swan but lives as a duck.

C. He likes beautiful swans.

Jawabannya adalah B, penjelasannya terdapat pada paragraf terakhir kalimat “They were ducklings but I
was a baby swan!”

9. What the ugly duckling saw in the cottage?

A. A cat, hen and a man.

B. A hen, cat and an old woman.

C. A hen, cat and swan.

Jawabannya adalah B, penjelasannya terdapat pada paragraf kedua kalimat “he saw a cottage in which
there lived an old lady, her hen, and her cat.”

10. Why did the ugly duckling leave the peasant?

A. He was scared of his children.

B. He was scared of his wife.

C. He is happy living with the peasant.

Jawabannya adalah A, penjelasannya terdapat pada paragraf kedua kalimat “The poor duckling was
afraid of the kids and escaped”

Dalam buku Essential Grammar And Reading Strategy For TOEFL Test, Grameds dapat mempelajari
berbagai soal narrative text yang dapat membantu kamu dalam mengembangkan kemampuan
membaca bahasa Inggris.

Contoh Narrative Text (Soal 2)

“The Snow White And Seven Dwarfs”

One day, there was a queen sitting close to a very stunning window whereas tailoring and seeing the
snow. Accidentally, her finger was cut by a stitching needle so 3 drops of blood dripped out. The drops
of blood fell down on the snow. The red color of the blood that was stuck within the white of the snow
looked terribly pretty. Suddenly the queen thought “If solely I had a toddler whose skin was as white as
snow and whose lips were as red as blood”.

as the time glided by, finally a queen gave birth to a really pretty princess whose skin was as white as
snow and whose lips were as red as blood. The queen grew up as a really pretty and kind-hearted
woman. She was referred to as Snow White. However, once Snow White was regarding teenagers, the
queen died owing to Associate in Nursing sickness. Once the queen’s death, the king married once
more. This new queen was wicked and despised Snow white. The queen gave orders that Snow White
was to be treated as a servant.

Everyday the queen stood ahead of her magic mirror while asking “Who is the most stunning lady within
the land?” and also the mirror continually answered, “You are the foremost stunning one in all all.” The
new queen asked constant questions everyday and also the mirror continuously answered the constant
factor. However one day the mirror answered that the queen was so stunning however Snow White was
rather more stunning than the queen. It created the queen so angry that she gave orders to at least one
of her Huntsmen to require Snow White into the woods and kill her.

The huntsman had such a short heart that he couldn’t do the deed. He told her to run away. In her
fleeing into the woods, she found an area in which seven dwarfs lived. Their house was tiny and strange.
Snow White entered the insufficient house and located it terribly untidy. Then, she began to shut down
the whole house. upstairs she found seven very little beds. She was so exhausted that she stretched on
one in all the beds. Shortly then, she was asleep on the bed.

When the Dwarfs came home they were shocked to seek out Snow White and after some argument,
they set to let her keep. She is secure to cook and look after them. She lived there happily.

Unfortunately, The Queen discovered the place wherever Snow White was living and disguising herself
as a witch. She then took a poisoned apple and kicked it off for the Dwarfs bungalow. She gave Snow
White the poisoned apple to eat and as presently as she bit the apple, she sank into a state of mind.
Thinking she was dead, the Dwarfs engineered a glass coffin and placed her in it. For days she lay within
the forest in her glass coffin. One day, the prince was riding through the forest searching for Snow White
and located her. He leaned over and kissed her. She opened her eyes and sat up with a smile. everybody
was happy at that point. The prince took Snow White to his palace wherever they were married and
lived merrily ever once.

1. Who is the pretty princess who has skin as white as snow and her lips as red as blood?

A. Aladin

B. Snow white

C. Cinderella

2. Why did the queen ask the huntsman to kill snow white?

A. Because Snow White is prettier than the queen.

B. Because Snow White has an apple.

C Because Snow White has good skin.

3. Where does Snow White go after she runs from the huntsmen?

A. Forest.
B. Woods.

C. Lake.

4. What did the queen give to Snow White after knowing that she was still alive?

A. A pineapple.

B. An apple.

C. A poisoned apple.

5. How did Snow White wake up after eating the poisoned apple?

A. A prince comes and kisses her.

B. A prince gave her another apple.

C. A prince came to give her some money.

Soal-soal narrative text di SMP serta SMA tentu saja berbeda, agar Anda dapat memahami materi
narrative text ini sebaiknya Anda rajin mengerjakan latihan soal serta melakukan cek pada setiap
jawabannya. Artikel satu ini dapat membantu Anda memahami lebih dalam mengenai materi narrative
text. Selamat belajar !

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