Narrative Text

Dalam bahasa Indonesia, narrative text adalah teks cerita.

Narrative text is a kind of text to retell the story that past tense. The purpose of the text is to entertain or to amuse the readers or listeners about the story. ( Narrative texr adalah sebuah jenis teks untuk menceritakan kembali cerita masa lalu. Tujuan teks ini adalah untuk menghibur pembaca atau pendengar tentang cerita itu. )

A. The generic structure of Narrative text : ( Struktur Umum dari Narrative Text )
^ Orientation : ( Pembukaan )
It set the scene and introduce the participants (it answers the question : who, when, what, and where). ( Mengatur adegan dan memperkenalkan tokoh )
^ Complication : ( Persoalan )
Tells the problems of the story and how the main characters solve them. ( Memberitahukan masalah cerita dan bagaimana tokoh utama menyelesaikan masalah tersebut )
^ Resolution : ( Pemecahan )
The crisis is resolved, for better or worse. ( Krisis ini untuk diselesaikan, untuk lebih baik atau lebih buruk )
^ Re-orientation : ( Penutup )
The ending of the story. ( Akhir cerita )
^ Evaluation : ( Penilaian )
The stepping back to evaluate the story or the moral message of the story ( Menengok ke belakang untuk menilai cerita atau nilai moral cerita )

B. Linguistic features : ( Ciri Bahasa )
1. Use active verbs. ( Menggunakan kata kerja tingkah laku )
2. Use past tense. ( Menggunakan past tense )
3. Use conjunction. ( Menggunakan konjungsi )
4. The first person (I or We) or the third person (He, She, or They). ( Menggunakan kata ganti orang pertama ( I atau We ) atau ketiga ( He, She atau They ) )
5. Use specific nouns. ( Menggunakan kata benda tertentu )
6. Use adjective and adverbs ( Menggunakan kata sifat dan keterangan )

C. Kind of Narrative text : ( Jenis dari Narrative Text )
1. Legend : Sangkuriang, Malin Kundang, etc. ( Legenda : Sangkuriang, malin Kundang dan lain - lain )
2. Fable : Mousedeer and crocodile. ( Fabel : Mousedeer dan Crocodile )
3. Fairy tale : Cinderella, Snow white, Pinocchio, etc. ( Dongeng : Cinderella, Snow White, Pinocchio dan lain - lain )
4. Science fiction ( Cerita Fiksi Ilmiah )

Example

Queen of Arabia and Three Sheiks

Maura, who like to be thought of as the most beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia, had many suitors. One by one she discarded them, until her list was reduced to just three sheiks. The three sheiks were all equally young and handsome. They were also rich and strong. It was very hard to decide who would be the best of them.

One evening, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the three sheiks. As they were about to have dinner, Maura asked them for something to eat. The first gave her some left over food. The second Sheik gave her some unappetizing camel’s tail. The third sheik, who was called Hakim, offered her some of the most tender and tasty meat. After dinner, the disguised queen left the sheik’s camp.

The following day, the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She ordered her servant to give each one exactly what they had given her the evening before. Hakim, who received a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat it if the other two sheiks could not share it with him.

This Sheik Hakim’s act finally convinced Queen Maura that he was the man for her. “Without question, Hakim is the most generous of you” she announced her choice to the sheiks. “So it is Hakim I will marry”.