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.....