Narrative Text: Definition, Generic Structure, Language Features, and the Example

Definition:

   o   Narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people.

   o   Narrative text is a spoken or written account of connected events, a story.

   o   Narrative text is narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue.

   o   Narrative text is the practice or art or narration

Generic Structure of Narrative Text:

1    .      Orientation: It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced. (person, time, and place)

2     .      Complication: where the problems in the story developed.

3     .      Resolution: where the problems in the story is solved.

Sometimes (generic structure) narrative text can be contained:

Orientation, Complication, Evaluation, Resolution, and Reorientation. Even though “Evaluation” and “Reorientation” it is optional; can be added or not.

Evaluation contains of controlling and evaluating a love adventure or conflict

Reorientation contains the conclusion of the end story

Language Features:

      Ø  Using part action verb: Climbed, Turned, Brought, etc.

      Ø  Using specific noun as pronoun of person, animal in the story. Example: The king, the queen, etc.

      Ø  Using adjectives which are for noun phrase. Example: Long black, hair, two red apples, etc.  

     Ø  Using time connectives and Conjunctions to arrange the events. Examples: Then, before, after, soon, etc.

    Ø  Using adverbs and adverbial phrase to show the location of events. Examples: Here, in the mountain, ever after, etc.

      Ø  Using dialogue to elicit an emotional response from the reader.

      Ø  Using Past Tense

      Ø   Using of variety of simple, compound and complex sentences

Examples of Narrative Text

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 died.

Complication 1

One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go America and they didn’t have enough money to sake 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 1

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.