NARRATIVE NARRATIVE Narrative text is a piece of writing.

This story telling is imaginary or based on a real incident which purposed to amuse / entertain the reader and to give a moral value to the reader. Narrative always deal with some problems which lead to the climax than turn into a solution to problem. The generic structure of narrative text are: Orientation : introduce the participants in the story(who are involved in the story) and talk about the setting (when and where) Complication: tell the beginning of the problem which lead to the crisis (climax) of the main participants Resolution: shows the solution to the main problem which lead happy, sad(tragic) ending. Re-orientation: (its only an addition/optional) or the closing which almost given by the writer to give moral lesson or advise to the reader. Language feature (Ciri kebahasaan) Past tense, e.g. Nouns Pronouns Noun phrase Time connective or conjunction Adjective Adverbs Adverbial of time or place Material processes (action verb) Verbal processes (saying verb) Thinking verb, feeling verbs and verb of sense, Direct speech Indirect speech

BUGGY RACES Orientation Once upon a time there live two best friends, the hare and the tortoise. They like to race against each other, but the here always won. Complication: One day, the hare asked the tortoise to race down to the beach. The tortoise refused, he said that he will loose anyway. The hare replied in a kind voice that he felt sorry about it. Reorientation: But the text day, the hare found a way to race the tortoise that would be fair and lots of fun too. He asked the tortoise to come with him. The tortoise was slowly plodding over the sand hill towards the beach. Now the two friends can race against each other all day and something tells me that the tortoise might win this time.

The Fly and the Bull There was once a little fly who thought he was very important. He felt proud of himself. One sunny morning, he flew around looking for someone to talk to. He saw a bull grazing in a field. He decided to fly down to talk to him. The little fly flew down and buzzed around the bulls head. The bull did not bother him. He went on chewing grass. The fly then buzzed right inside the bulls ear. The bull continued chewing grass. The fly thought, What a stupid animal! Now, the fly decided to land on the bulls horns to make the bull notice him. He waited for the bull to say something but the bull kept quiet.

The fly then shouted angrily, Oh, Bull, if you find that I am too heavy for you, let me know and Ill fly away!. The bull laughed and said, Little fly, I dont care if you stay or leave. You are so tiny and that your weight does not make any difference to me, so please be quiet and leave me alone.

The Silver Key There was a traveler going to a distant town. When he reached the town it was almost midnight. He came to an inn but it locked from the inside. He knocked at the door. Who are you? asked a voice from inside the inn. What do you want? The door cannot be unlocked at such an odd hour. The traveler needed rest, food and shelter. He said, Please, innkeeper, unlock the door. See, how cold outside! Its a strange lock and can be opened only with a silver key, replied the innkeeper. The traveler passed a silver coin through a slit in the door, got the door unlocked and entered into the inn. I have left one of my two bags outside, said the traveler. Will you please bring it in? No sooner had the innkeeper gone out than traveler locked the door from inside. The greedy innkeeper was now shut out. He requested the traveler to unlock the door. Im helpless, replied the traveler. Its a strange lock. It can be opened only with a silver key. The innkeeper was obliged to push through the slit a silver coin. The traveler got back his rupee and unlocked the door.

Examination Test Amelia house was in a quiet place. It was a hilly, the garden of her house was very beautiful. Flowers with various colors grew there. Amelia grew some roses. Shes nature lover. One day Amelia closed her book. She felt tired after studying hard. She stood by the window. She could see the mountain from there. how beautiful. How wonderful it would be if I could reach the top of that mountain without climbing. if you want to fly up there, follow me. said a soft voice. Amelia was surprised. who are you? Why did you come without permition? My name is Yuli. My home is a bit far from here. I want to be your friend Amelia.said the girl. you know my name. said Amelia. I often hear your mother calling you, Yuli answered. She reached out her hand to ameli. Amelia shook Yulis hand. why is your hand so cool? Are you ill? Asked Amelia, worried. I have been to school for few days Yuli said. if you were sick, why arent you in bed now? Asked Amelia. the fresh air will make me better, Amelia said Yuli pulled Amelias hand. She wanted Amelia to follow her. Oh, no. I can not go now. I must do my homework.Okay. How about tomorrow? My mother will make some delicious cakes for me. You must taste some, Yuli. Said Amelia. Thanks Amelia. You are so kind. Yuli waved to Amelia and then she was gone. Amelia mother was puzzled to see her daughter talking alone. 1. What does the story tell about? A. A mysterious girl B. Amelias new friend C. A little girl in a village

D. A quite place in a villge 2. The first paragraph is about. A. The dream of Amelia B. The setting place of the story C. How the story happened D. The problem faced by Amelia 3. Why was Amelia surprised? Amelia was surprised because A. The girl in her room was his old friend B. The mountain is very beautiful C. He heard soft voice and saw a girl in her room D. He reached the top of the mountain 4. What did Amelia want to do someday? A. To play with her new friends B. To fly up to the top of the mountain C. To introduce her friend to her mother D. To reach the top of the mountain by climbing 5. .make some delicious food for me. The word delicious mean A. Bad smell B. Nice taste C. Bitter taste D. stale flavor The wolf and the goat A wolf saw a goat grazing (eating grass) at the edge of a high cliff(as like a mountain with many rocks). The wolf smacked (hit) his lips at the thought of a fine goat dinner. my dear friend, said the wolf in his sweetest voice, arent you afraid you will fall down from the cliff? Come down here and graze on this beside me on safe, level ground. No thanks. Said the goat. well than, said the wolf. arent you cold up there in the wind? You would be warmer grazing down here beside me in this sheltered area. No thank you. Said the goat. But the grass tasted better down here! said the exasperated (felling bad) wolf why dine (diner) alone. Oh my dear wolf, the goat finally said, Are you sure that it is my dinner you are worrying about and not your own. (are you sure that you are worry of my dinner or your dinner). 6. What did the wolf asked when he saw the goat grazing at the edge of the hill? A. To be his friend C. to graze on the level ground B. To climb up higher D. to be his dinner 7. arent you cold up there in the wind? the underline word refers to A. A high cliff B. Sheltered area C. Grass D. ground 8. What can we learn from the story above? A. Dont look down other creatures (living things) B. Dont easily believe in well behaved creature C. Dont judge others by their appearance D. Dont easily beat other creature 9. From the story we know that ... A. The goat was very hungry C. the wolf was eager to eat the goat B. The goat was going to fight with the wolf D. the wolf was a helpful animal 10. What is the purpose of the text? A. To entertain the reader C. to tell how to trick a creature B. To tell pass even D. to give moral value 11. Rearrange the following sentences into good paragraph 1. The man give him five magic beans for the cow. 2. Jack climbed up the beanstalk. He wanted to see what was at the top 3. Jack and his mother were very poor, so his mother asked him to sell their cow. 4. On the way he wet a strange man

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5. His mother was very angry and threw the beans out of the window 6. The next morning, they saw a giant beanstalk 7. Jack found a huge castle and lot of gold The good arrangement of the sentences above is A. 7 1 3 5 2 4 6 C. 3 2 1 5 4 6 7 B. 3 4 1 5 6 2 7 D. 7 3 2 5 1 6 4 The next morning, they saw a giant beanstalk the underline word refers to.. A. Mother B. Jack C. None of mother and Jack D. both mother and Jack How many people involved in the story? A. Five B. four C. three D. two What was the end of the story? A. Happy ending B. sad ending C. tragic ending D. harmful Why did the man give him five magic bean? A. To help jacks mother D. to entertain Jack B. To pay for the cow E. to give a magic The stingy and generous

Long-long time ago there live two brother. They had a completely different in characters. The big brother was very stingy and greedy. He never stars his wealth (things s.o. has). Than the little brother were very generous and kind to poor people. He even had no money left because he had shared it with the poor. One day the generous brother was sitting in his garden when suddenly a little bird fell on his leg. It was wounded. He took care of the bird than let it flew. After sometime the bird returned to him gave watermelon seed. The generous brother than planted the seed and watered it until it grew into a good watermelon plant. Yet, the plant was very strange. It had only one fruit, a big and a heavy one. When the watermelon was ripe enough, the generous brother picked it into two. How surprised he was. The watermelon was full of gold. The generous brother sold the gold and become very rich. He built a very big house and bough a very large field. Still he never forgot to share his wealth to poor people.

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What is the purpose of the text? How many characters are there in the story? How was the character? Were there any problems in the story? When was the problem increase? Were there any solutions at the end of the story? What is the kind of the text above?

The Silver Key There was a traveler going to a distant town. When he reached the town it was almost midnight. He came to an inn but it locked from the inside. He knocked at the door. Who are you? asked a voice from inside the inn. What do you want? The door cannot be unlocked at such an odd hour. The traveler needed rest, food and shelter. He said, Please, innkeeper, unlock the door. See, how cold outside! Its a strange lock and can be opened only with a silver key, replied the innkeeper. The traveler passed a silver coin through a slit in the door, got the door unlocked and entered into the inn. I have left one of my two bags outside, said the traveler. Will you please bring it in? No sooner had the innkeeper gone out than traveler locked the door from inside. The greedy innkeeper was now shut out. He requested the traveler to unlock the door. Im helpless, replied the traveler. Its a strange lock. It can be opened only with a silver key. The innkeeper was obliged to push through the slit a silver coin. The traveler got back his rupee and unlocked the door.

23. How many characters in the story? How were the characters of the story? 24. What is the climax of the story? 25. How was the problem solved?