Narrative Texts

Narrative Texts

Narrative text is a piece of writing that tells a story incident. A Narratives always deals with some problem. Which lead to the climax and then turn into a solution to the problem.

Communicate Purpose:

·         To tell a story about something or someone

·         To amuse or entertain the readers or listeners

Examples of Narrative texts :

·         Short Stories

·         Folk Tales

·         Legends

·         Myths

·         Fables

·         Novels

·         Cartoon Strips

·         Picture Book

Text Organization :

·         Orientation sets the scene (where and when story happen) and introduces the participants of the story ( who and what is involved in the story)

·         Complication tells the beginning of the problem which leads to the crisis (climax) of the main participants.

·         Resolution provides solution to the problem either in the happy ending or in a sad (tragic) ending

·         Re-Orientation (optional) gives a remark to the story. It consists of a moral lesson or advice.

Note : Sometimes, a writer puts his judgement on a certain participant or a certain event, this is called a evaluation.

Language features

·         Past Tense, e.g : the lion woke up and grabbed the mouse in is sharp claws

·         Nouns, e.g : lions, mouse, hunter, etc.

·         Pronouns, e.g : it, you, he, etc.

·         Noun phrases, e.g : a sleeping lion, the grateful mouse, a strong net, etc

·         Time Connective and Conjunction, e.g : one day, sometime, later, then, a long time ago, first, etc

·         Adjectives, e.g : small, helpless, etc.

·         Adverb, e.g : sadly, angrily, etc.

·         Adverbial Phrases Of Time and Place, e.g : a few days ago, in the forest, etc.

·         Material Process (Action Verbs), e.g : grabbed, ran, arrived, ate, went, laughed,etc.

·         Verbal processes (Saying verbs), e.g : asked, said, told, etc.

·         Thinking Verbs, Felling Verbs, Verbs of Senses, e.g : the lion felt hungry, etc.

·         Direct Speech, e.g : “please don’t eat me!” begged the mouse

·         Indirect Speech, e.g : the mouse begged the lion not to eat him.