Narrative Texts

NARRATIVE TEXTS
WHAT IS NARRATIVE TEXT?
Kind of text that’s used to entertain and

amuse the readers. It is a fiction text.
GENERIC
STRUCTURE
 Orientation : The opening paragraph, set the scene and
introduces the participants of the story.
 Complication : Tells the beginning of the problem which
leads to the crisis (climax) of the main participants.
 Resolution : The problem ( the crisis) is resolved, either
in a happy ending or in a sad (tragic ) ending
 Re – orientation : This is closing remark to the story and
it is optional. It consist of moral lesson, advice or
teaching from the writer.
SOCIAL FUNCTION
 To entertain and amuse the reader
(Folktale)
 To engage the reader in an imaginative
experience (Fairytale etc)
 To explain a phenomenon (Myth and
Legend)
 To teach a lesson (fables)
 To give a moral value.
LANGUAGE FEATURES
( CHARACTERISTIC)
 Using Specific participants such as the name of person,
place, etc. Example : snow white, rapunzel, rabbit etc
 Action Verb . Example : believe, think
 Direct Speech : Example : “It’s time to go be, girls.”
Mother said as she turned off the lights.
 Using Past tense : Example : called, killed, ate, went etc
 Adverb of time : once upon a time, one day etc
 Time conjunction : Then, Suddenly
EXAMPLE OF TEXTS
Orientation Once Upon a time, there
was a little girl called
Cinderella. She was pretty,
loving and clever.
Complication But she was very poor. She
lived with her stepmother and
stepsisters. They were very
mean.
Resolution Fortunately, she met a prince.
He fell in love with her.
Coda Then Cinderella became a
princess.
SNOW WHITE AND THE
SEVEN DWARFS
Once upon a time, in a great castle there lived a little girl named Snow White. She
lived with her step mother. Her parents were death many years ago.
Though her stepmother was a wicked woman, she was very beautiful too, and the
magic mirror told her this every day, whenever she asked it."Mirror, mirror on the
wall, who is the loveliest lady in the land?" The reply was always; "You are, your
Majesty," until the dreadful day when she heard it say, "Snow White is the loveliest
in the land." The stepmother was furious and, wild with jealousy, began plotting to
get rid of her rival.
One day, her step mother asked her maid to kill Snow White. Her step mother was
jealous of her beauty. The maid couldn’t kill her. He brought Snow White to a jungle
and released her. Snow White was very sad. She felt hungry and tired. Then she saw
a very old hut. She knocked it but no one answered. So she went inside and fell
asleep.
Meanwhile, seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. They
found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The
dwarfs said,” What is your name?” Snow White answered,” I am Snow White”.
The dwarfs said,” If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said,” Oh,
could? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs her whole story. Snow White
and the seven dwarfs lived happily with them.
The next day the dwarfs went out to look for their meals. Then an old beggar
knocked the door and gave her a red apple. She ate it at once. Suddenly she was
unconscious. She was sleeping for long time. The dwarfs were very confused.
Fortunately a handsome man came in. He saw Snow White and felt in love. He
kissed her and…Snow White woke up. Finally they got married and lived happily
ever after.
EXERCISE 1: ANSWER THE
QUESTION BASED ON THE TEXT
GIVEN!
 What is the Social Function of the text?
 Why did her step mother want to kill her?
 What did Snow White see in the jungle?
 Why did the dwarfs allow Snow White to live with them?
 Who gave Snow White a red apple?
 What happened after she ate the red apple?
 Her step mother was jealous of her beauty.
 What is the synonym of the underlined word?
 Mention at least three the pattern of the sentences Simple
Past Tense from the text?
 Who woke up Snow White?
 Mention five action verbs from the text!
EXERCISE 2: ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS STATE WHETHER THE
STATEMENTS ARE TRUE OR FALSE
 Snow White lived with her parents T – F
 Snow white’s step mother was jealous of her beauty T - F
 The queen’s maid couldn’t kill Snow White to die T - F
 Snow White saw a very big house in the jungle T - F
 The dwarfs didn’t allow Snow White to live with them T - F
 The old beggar gave her a red apple T - F
 Snow White was very happy after she ate a red apple T - F
 A handsome man kissed her and woke her up T - F
 Her step mother loved her so much T - F
 Snow White had a magic mirror which always helped her T – F

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NARRATIVE TEXTS

WHAT IS NARRATIVE TEXT?

Kind of text that’s used to entertain and

 Snow white’s step mother was jealous of her beauty T - F

 The queen’s maid couldn’t kill Snow White to die T - F

 Snow White saw a very big house in the jungle T - F

 The dwarfs didn’t allow Snow White to live with them T - F

 The old beggar gave her a red apple T - F

 A handsome man kissed her and woke her up T - F

 Her step mother loved her so much T - F

 Snow White had a magic mirror which always helped her T – F

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