NARRATIVE TEXT

Purposes

Tell a story

Someone or a group of people

Shows how a person or group of people responds something

Entertain readers or listener

Explore social and cultural values in a particular community group

Structured

Orientation

Complication

Evaluation

Resolution

Coda

Linguistic Features

Tell a story by using Chronological order (Time sequence) marked by using connectives: Once upon a time, after a while, first, then,..

Using Past Tense

Using a lot of action verb which describes what happened: grew, passed their home, cut the trees, etc...

Using dialogue and using Verbal processes (Kata kerja "Saying"). e.g said, asked, replied

Use Verbs that indicate what the actor's thinking or feeling in the story. e.g like, fear

Use descriptive language to describe something or human. e.g When it was ripe,..... they lived happily,.....

Types of Narrative

Fairy tales, Mystery, Science fiction, romance, horror, etc.....