NARRATIVE TEXT

~ Snow White is a story in form of narrative text.


Definition
Narrative text is a text to entertain, to gain and hold a reader’s interest. It’s usually like a fable, myth, legend, folklore, etc. However narrative can be also written to teach or inform, to change attitudes/social opinion.



The Generic Structure :
Orientation (It is about who, when and where the story happened)
Complication (It is about the conflict in the story)
Resolution (It is the solution of the problem)
Coda (It is the moral value)


Kinds of Narrative Text
 -Myth
 -Legend
 -Fable
 -Folklore


Characteristic of Narrative Text
Entertain the readers
Structure of the text = orientation()- complication()- resolution()
Other Generic structure = evaluation and coda
Language features = nouns, adjectives, time conjuction and conjunctions, adverb and adverbial phrases, action verbs, saying verbs


The Typical Elements :
Setting (When and where the story occurs)
Characters (The most important people or characters in the story)
Initiating (Event An action or occurrence that establishes a problem and/or goal)
Conflict  (The focal point around which the whole story is organized)
Events (One or more attempts by the main character(s) to achieve the goal or solve the problem)
Resolution (The outcome of the attempts to achieve the goal or solve the problem)
Theme (The main idea or moral of the story)


Language feature:
Use of direct and indirect speech
Use pronoun
Use simple past tense
Use noun phrases
Use adjective


Example:
Sincere Will Get a Great Return

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named Auretto, all people lived peacefully there. One of them was Charlita, the king’s daughter who was assumed as the most beautiful and kindest Princess of Auretto.

One day, Charlita looked blue. Because of that her father got confused. “What’s the matter my beautiful daughter? Why are you so sad?” asked King Fernando. Charlita was just silent. She did not say anything.

Then, King Fernando decided to make a competition to cheer Charlita again. After that, the palace representative announce: “I will make a competition. The aim is to make my daughter, Princess Charlita to be happy and laugh again. Everyone who can do it, will get a prize. It will be held tomorrow when the sun rises. Sign: King Fernando.”

The following morning, everybody came to the palace, tried to give their best performance. They seemed happy and laugh, but not for Princess Charlita. She was just silent and still looked sad.

King Fernando started to give up. No one amused his daughter. Then, there came a young handsome man. “Excuse me King Fernando. I would like to join your competition. But, would you mind if I took Princess Charlita for a walk?” said the young man gently. “As long as you make my daughter be happy again, it will totally alright.” said King Fernando. The young handsome man took Princess Charlita for a walk in a beautiful blue lake with a green forest around it. Princess Charlita smiled and looked happy after that. Every body looked happy, too. “I know why are you so my beautiful daughter. Now, I promise I will environment green. I regret for always destroying it. Finally, the environment around the kingdom became so beautiful and green, full of plants. Then, the young handsome man got a prize from the king. “I will marry you off my daughter.” said him. “That is the prize I promise for you. Thanks for keeping our environment well. Thanks for making my daughter happy again.”