NARRATIVE
TEXT
Narrative text is
organized by using story grammar. Story grammar is the knowledge of how stories
are organized with the beginning of the story containing the setting, the
characters, and character problems. The middle of narrative is organized around
a plot. The plot includes a series of episodes that are written by the author
to hold our attention and build excitement as the story progresses.
The plot contains an
initiating event, the event that starts that main character off on a series of
events to solve the problem, a series of events in which the main character
attempts to solve the problem. The excitement builds until the climax, the high
point in the story where the problem is solved.
Included in these
events may be some roadblocks that the character encounters while attempting to
solve the problem. These roadblocks are setbacks for the character. During
these events the excitement of the story builds as the character goes about
solving the problem.
A story ends on a
resolution (the solving problem), as seen in the following:
Beginning : setting, character, and problem
Middle : initiating event,
subsequent events, roadblocks, rising excitement and climax
End : resolution and ending.
The generic structure
of narrative text
Narrative text is a
piece of writing that tells a story. The story can be imaginary or based on a
real incident.
Text organization
- Orientation : the setting of the story and introduces the characters involved.
- Complication : there is an event or a sequence of events that lead the characters into a complication. Tension starts to build up to a climax, and this draws anticipation in the reader.
- Resolution : the problem starts to get resolved. Sometimes the story ends happily or vice versa, and at other times the resolution is left for the readers to decide.
Communicative purpose
of narrative text
- To entertain the readers
- To amuse
Language features
Action verbs
Adjectives
Pronouns
Adverbs
Punctuations
Past tense
Direct and
indirect
Focus on
specific and individualized participants
Types of
narrative text
Fable
Fairy tales
Folktale
Historical story
Example.
Once
upon a time a hawk fell in love with a hen.
The hawk flew
down from the sky and asked the hen, “won’t you marry me?”
The
hen loved the brave, strong hawk and wishes to marry him. But she said, “I
cannot flay as high as you can. If you give me time, I may learn to as high as
you. Then, we can fly together.
The
hawk agreed. Before he went away, he gave the hen a ring. “This is to show that
you have promised to marry me, “said the hawk.
So
it happened that the hen had already promised to marry a rooster. So, when the
rooster saw the ring, he became very angry. “Throw that ring away at once! Didn’t
tell the hawk that you’d already promised to marry me?” shouted the rooster. The
hen was so frightened at the rooster’s anger that she threw away the ring
immediately.
When
the hawk came the next day, the told him the truth. The next day, the hen told
him the truth. The hawk was so furious that he cursed the hen. “Why didn’t you
tell me earlier? Now, you’ll always be scratching the earth, and I’ll always be
flying above you to catch your children,” said the hawk.
The
curse seems to have come true.
The
Rabit’s Revenge
Long,
long ago a rabbit and a lion were neighbors. The lion was very proud, and was
fond of boasting about his strenght. And though they were such close neighbors,
the lion looked down upon the rabbit, and used to bully and frighten her. Finally,
the rabbit could stand it no longer and wanted to get her own back.
Oneday
she went to the lion and said, “Good day, respected elder brother. Imagine it,
I met an animal over there who looked exactly like you, and he said to me, ‘Is
there anyone in the world who dares stand up to me? If there is, let him come
and have a duel with me. If there is no one, all of you have to submit to my
rule and be my servants!” Oh, he was an intolerable braggart! He is so puffed
up with pride that his eyes can’t even light on anyone!”, added the rabbit.
“Oho,”
the lion said, “Didn’t you mention me to him?”
“Yes,
indeed,” the rabbit replied. “But it would have been better if I hadn’t. When I
described how strong you were, he just sneered and said dreadfully rude things.
He even went so far as to say that he wouldn’t take you for his attendant!”
So
the rabbit took the lion behind a hill and, not going too near herself, pointed
to a deep well from a distance, and said,”He is down there, in the well,”
The
lion hastened to the well and glared angrily into it. Yes, there was his rival
who even glared back at him angrily. The lion roared, and his enemy roared
back. The lion became so furious that his hari stood on end. So did his enemy’s
in the well. The lion showed his teeth and lashed out with his paws to scare
his rival and his enemy in the well retaliate! In a fit of anger the lion
sprang into the air with all his might and then flung himself at the enemy in
the well. The result was that the proud lion was instantly drowned.
Source: UN 2010
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