NARATIVE TEXT

NARATIVE TEXT  adalah 

Teks tentang cerita atau kisah (fiksi / non fiksi / dongeng(tale) / cerita rakyat( folktale) / cerita binatang (fable)/legenda (legent)/dongeng / mitos / epik, pengalaman nyata)  yang bertujuan untuk menghibur. Didalamnya terdapat konflik/puncak masalah dan diikuti dengan penyelesaian.

A.  Social Function : to entertain/ to amuse the reader/the listener

B. Generic Structure:

1.  Orientation:  
     berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)
     Menjawab pertanyaan : who, where dan when
2.  Complication: 
     Berisi puncak konflik/masalah (problem) dalam cerita. Sebuah cerita boleh memiliki
     complication/problem  lebih dari satu.
3. Resolution:
    Pemecahan masalah (solusi ). Bisa berakhir dengan kegembiraan (happy ending) bisa pula berakhir
    dengan kesedihan (sad ending).
4. Re-orientation:
    opitional (bisa ada bisa tidak )
    -  the writer opinion
    - Conclusion (kesimpulan cerita)

Catatan:

Terkadang juga susunannya (generic structure): Orientation, Complication, Evaluation, Resolution dan Reorientation. Untuk “Evaluation” dan “Reorientation” merupakan optional; bisa ada bisa tidak. Evaluation berisi penilaian/evaluasi terhadap jalannya cerita atau konflik. Sedangkan Reorientation berisi penyimpulan isi akhir cerita.  

C. LexicoGrammatical features :  “past tense, noun phrase, adjective phrase”

Past Tense
Active Sentence :   Subject + V2 + Object
                                The man bought some birds
Passive Sentence :  Object + was/were+ V3 +(by) + Subject
                              Some birds were bought by the man

Past Perfect Tense
 Active Sentence :  S + had + V3 + Obeject

Passive Sentence : Object + had + been + ( by ) + Subject

Past Continues Tense :
Active Sentense : Subject + was/were+ V1+ing   

Passive Sentense : Obect +was/were + being + V3 ...... ( by subject )

Sering menggunakan kata penghubung waktu (temporal conjunction), misalnya: once upon a time, one day, long time ago, …

ANALYZING NARRATIVE PARAGRAPHS

My Shopping Norte’s Nightmare

I’ll never forget the first time I got lost in La Paz City. I was traveling with my parents during summer vacation. We were in a department store, and I was so excited to see such a huge place. Suddenly, I turned around to ask my mom something, but she was gone! I begun crying and screaming at the top of my lungs. A salesclerk came up to me and ask if I was okay. She got on the public address (P.A.) system and notified the customers that a little boy with blue jeans and a red cap was lost. Two minutes later my mom and dad came running toward me. We all cried and hugged each other. I’ll never forget that day as long as I live.

1. What’s the topic sentence of this paragraph? _________________________________

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2. Where does the story happen? _____________________________________________

3. How old do you think the boy was? ________________________________________

4. What is the beginning of the story? (circle one)

    a) He was in a large La Paz department store.

    b) He got separated from his parents.

5. What is the middle of the story? (circle one)

    a) He screamed and cried.

    b) He got separated from his parents.

6. What’s the end of the story? (circle one)

    a) his parents found him

    b) the size of the store excited him.

7. What is the writer’s purpose for writing this paragraph? ________________________

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A Lesson in Friendship

I learned the hard way how to make friends in a new school. At my old school in Cochabamba, I was on the soccer team, so I was very popular and had lots of friends. Then, when I was sixteen years old, my parents decided to move to La Paz. Going to a new school was not easy for me. The first few days in my new school were extremely hard. All the students dressed casually in shorts and T-shirts instead of a school uniform. Some kids tried to be nice to me, but I didn’t want to talk to them. They looked and acted funny! After a few weeks, I realized that no one even tried to talk to me anymore. I began to feel lonely. Two months passed before I swallowed my pride and got the courage to talk to a few classmates. Finally, I realized that they were normal people, just like me. I began to developed some relationships. I learned a valuable lesson about making friends that year.

1. What is the general topic of this paragraph? _________________________________

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2. What’s the topic sentence? _______________________________________________

3. What’s the beginning of the story? Write the sentence(s) here.

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4. What is the middle of the story? Write the sentences here.

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5. What’s the end of the story? Write the sentences here.

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6. What lesson did the writer learn from this experience?

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Contoh Narative Text

1. SILENT LOVE

One day, there was a couple who love very much each other. From the very Begining, the girl's family objected strongly on her dating this guy. Saying that it has got to do with family background & that the girl will have to suffer for the rest of her life if she were to be with him.

Due to family's pressure, the couple quarrel very often. Though the girl love the guy deeply, but she always ask him: "How deep is your love for me?"

As the guy is not good with his words, this often cause the girl to be very upset. With that & the family's pressure, the girl often vent her anger on him. As for him, he only endure it in silence.

After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated & decided to further his studies in overseas. Before leaving, he proposed to the girl: "I'm not very good with words. But all I know is that I love you. If you allow me, I will take care of you for the rest of my life. As for your family, I'll try my best to talk them round. Will you marry me?"

The girl agreed, & with the guy's determination, the family finally gave in & agreed to let them get married. So before he leave, they got engaged.

The girl went out to the working society, whereas the guy was overseas, continuing his studies. They sent their love through emails & phone calls. Though it's hard, but both never thought of giving up.

One day, while the girl was on her way to work, she was knocked down by a car that lost control. When she woke up, she saw her parents beside her bed. She realised that she was badly injured. Seeing her mum crying, she wanted to comfort her. But she realized that all that could come out of her mouth was just a sigh. She has lost her voice.

The doctors says that the impact on her brain has caused her to lose her voice. Listening to her parents' comfort, but with nothing coming out from her, she broke down.

During the stay in hospital, besides silence cry. it's still just silence cry that companied her. Upon reaching home, everything seems to be the same. Except for the ringing tone of the phone. Which pierced into her heart everytime it rang. She does not wish to let the guy know. & not wanting to be a burden to him, she wrote a letter to him saying that she does not wish to wait any longer.

With that, she sent the ring back to him. In return, the guy sent millions & millions of reply, and countless of phonecalls. all the girl could do, besides crying, is still crying.

The parents decided to move away, hoping that she could eventually forget everything & be happy.

With a new environment, the girl learn sign language & started a new life. Telling herself everyday that she must forget the guy. One day, her friend came & told her that he's back. She asked her friend not to let him know what happened to her. Since then, there wasn't anymore news of him.

A year has passed & her friend came with an envelope, containing an invitation card for the guy's wedding. The girl was shattered. When she open the letter, she saw her name in it instead.

When she was about to ask her friend what's going on, she saw the guy standing in front of her. He used sign language telling her "I've spent a year's time to learn sign language. Just to let you know that I've not forgotten our promise. Let me have the chance to be your voice. I Love You. With that, he slipped the ring back into her finger. The girl finally smiled.

2. Ali Baba

Once upon a time there were 40 cruel thieves who put their stolen money and treasures in a cave. They went in the cave by saying ”Open Sesame” to the cave entrance. A poor person, named Ali Baba saw them while they were doing that, so he heard the opening word. After they left, he went toward the cave and opened it. Suddenly he found a very large quantity of money and golden treasures. He took some of it and went back home. After that he became a rich man and his brother wanted to know how he became rich.

Ali Baba turned into the richest man in his village. His evil brother was really jealous of him, and wanted to know how he could get such a lot of money. Therefore, when Ali Baba went to the cave again to take some more money, his brother followed him. He saw everything, and decided to go back the next day to take some money for himself. The next morning he found a lot of money in the cave, and he wanted to take all of them. Unfortunately, when he was busy carrying the money to his house, the thieves came. The boss of the thieves asked him how he knew about the cave. He told everything, but unluckily they killed him and went to Ali Baba’s house.

After finding Ali Baba’s house, they made a plan to kill him the following night. Some of the thieves hid in big jars, and the boss pretended that he was a merchant who wanted to sell the jars to Ali Baba. Ali Baba who was a kind man invited the boss of the thief to have lunch together. After lunch they took a rest. Luckily, the house maid went out of the house, and found that there were thieves inside the jars. She finally boiled hot oil and poured it into the jars to kill all of them. The boss of the thieves was caught, and put into prison. Ali Baba was saved from the danger, and he finally lived happily ever after with his maid who became his wife shortly after.


referensi :

-Fujianto, 2013, 7 contoh singkat teks narrative pendek bahasa Inggris  http://fujianto21- chikafe.blogspot.com/2013/11/7-contoh-singkat-narative-text-pendek.html

-Anonim, 2013, Contoh tex narrative bahasa inggris lengkap http://blogpetang.blogspot.com/2013/01/narrative-text.html