Narrative Text
Arranged by :
Hapina Withakurnia, S.Pd
Definition of Narrative Text
• Narrative text is an imaginative story to
entertain people
• Narrative Text is a spoken or written account
of connected events, ( a story)
Generic Structure of Narrative Text
• Orientation : The opening of the paragraph,
where the charracters of the story are
introduced.
• Complication : Where the problems in the
story developed.
• Resolution : Where the problems in the story
is solved.
• Coda /Re-orientation : lesson from the story
Language Features of Narrative Text
• Adverb of time
• Time Conjuction
• Specific Not General
• Action Verb
• Direct Speech
Beauty and the Beast
Once there was a prince, who was spoiled and selfish. One night a beggar woman
came to his castle. She asked for shelter. The prince would not let her in. But the
woman had magic powers. She cast and evil spell and turned the princed into a
beast!
From that day on, the Beast lived with his servants. One night he was surprised, to
find a stranger in his castle. The stranger was sitting in his chair! “what are you
doing here? Roared the Beast. “this is my castle. And that is my chair.”
“I was lost,” said the stranger.
“wolves were chasing me. I needed a safe place.”
“I’ll give you a safe place!” cried the Beast. He locked the stranger in the dungeon.
The next day a pretty girl came to the castle. Her name was Belle. She was looking
for her father. The Beast saw Belle, but he did not want Belle to see him. Belle
soon found her father in the dungeon. Then she heard a noise “who is that?” she
asked. The beast appeared. Belle was afraid of him but she wanted to save her
father. “Please let my father go,” said belle.
“All right,” he said. “but you must stay here forever.”
The beast hoped Belle would fall in love with him, Only love would break the spell
and turned back the beast into a prince.
True Friends
Once upon a time, there were two close friends who were walking through the
forest together. They knew that anything dangerous can happen any time in the
forest. So they promised each other that they would always be together in any case
of danger.
Suddenly, they saw a large bear getting closer toward them. One of them climbed a
nearby tree at once. But unfortunately the other one did not know how to climb up
the tree. So being led by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless
and pretended to be a dead man.
The bear came near the one who was lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and
slowly left the place because the bears do not want to touch the dead creatures.
After that, the friend on the tree came down and asked his friend that was on the
ground, "Friend, what did the bear whisper into your ears?" The other friend
replied, "Just now the bear advised me not to believe a false friend."
Moral of the Story- A true friend in need is a friend indeed.
Fox and A Cat
One day a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a conceited
creature, boasted how clever she was. 'Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get
away from our mutual enemies, the dogs,' she said.
'I know only one trick to get away from dogs,' said the cat. 'You should teach me
some of yours!'
'Well, maybe some day, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler
ones,' replied the fox airily.
Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance. The barking
grew louder and louder - the dogs were coming in their direction! At once the cat
ran to the nearest tree and climbed into its branches, well out of reach of any dog.
'This is the trick I told you about, the only one I know,' said the cat. 'Which one of
your hundred tricks are you going to use?'
The fox sat silently under the tree, wondering which trick she should use. Before
she could make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox and tore her
to pieces.
Moral : A single plan that works is better than a hundred doubtful plans.
The Ant and the Dove
One hot day, an ant was seeking for some water. After walking around for a
moment, she came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of
grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell unintentionally into the water.
She could have sunk if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the
ant was in trouble, the dove quickly put off a leaf from a tree and dropped it
immediately into the water near the struggling ant. Then the ant moved towards
the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground.
Not long after at that, there was a hunter nearby who was throwing out his net
towards the dove, hoping to trap it in this way.
Guessing what he should do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain,
the hunter dropped his net and the dove flew away quickly from this net.
The morality: One good turn deserves another.
