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1. Narrative text
2. Quiz
3. Post-Test
Definition

Narrative text is an imaginative story or a modified

real-life story through a sequence of events that
happened in the past.

The purpose of a narrative text is to entertain

the readers.
 Generic Structure of Narrative Text:
● Orientation: The characters, setting, and background problems are introduced.
● Complication: The conflict of the story. It can be sequentially broken down into:
○ Rising action: The conflict escalates.
○ Climax: The conflict reaches its peak and the story turns over.
○ Falling action: The conflict cools down.

● Resolution: The story gets its own closure.

● Coda: The characters’ final form after development and sometimes moral
value. This part is optional.
 Types of Narrative Text:
1. Fairy tale (dongeng) 4. Science Fiction

A fictional story that involves magical events and A story related to advanced technology that is
imaginary creatures. beyond reality
Example: Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast Example: Frankenstein
2. Mystery 5. Romance : Love story

A story that people usually solve some cases or Example: Romeo and Juliet
problems. 6. Adventure : Related to adventures
Example: Sherlock Holmes
Example: Petualangan Sherina
3. Horror 7. Fable
A story related to ghosts or something scary A story where animals are the characters
Example: Kuntilanak Example : The Tortoise and The Hare
8. Folklore (Cerita Rakyat)
c. Myth (cerita takhayul/mitos)
a traditional story that people of a particular region
Stories that are based on traditions, especially
or group repeat among themselves
explaining the early history of a group of people, or
Example: Timun Mas
about natural events, or fact.
Example: Jaka Tarub
b. Legend (legenda)
A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded
9. Fantasy
as historical but unauthenticated.
A story that is set in a magical world, often
involving traditional myths, and magical creatures
Example The legend of tangkuban perahu, and the
and sometimes ideas or events in the real world,
legend of king Arthur
especially from the medieval period of history.
Concept Check: Narrative Text (LO 1-3) (5’)
 Language Features of Narrative Text:
Using primarily past tenses, such as Simple Past Tense, Past Continuous Tense, Past Perfect
Tense, and Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

1. Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense is used to talk about completed actions in the specified time in the past.

1. Patterns of Simple Past Tense (Verbal)

(+) Subject + Verb 2 (past form)

(-) Subject + did + not + Verb (base form)

(?) Did + Subject + Verb + Complement + ?

WH Question + did + Subject + Verb 1 + Complement + ?

2. Nominal

(+) Subject + was/were + Complement

(-) Subject + was/were + not + Complement

(?) Was/were + Subject + Complement + ?

WH Question + was/were + Subject + Complement + ?

Note!

Was : I, He, She, It, Singular Subject Were : You, They, We, Plural Subject
b. Past Continuous Tense

Past Continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and were still
going on when another event occurred in the past.

Pattern :

(+) Subject + was/were + Verb-ing

(-) Subject + was/were + not + Verb-ing

(?) Was/were + Subject + Verb-ing?

Prepositions of time
Prepositions of time is used to show time or when the action happened in the sentence. It could be
a time or period
Note: Ago and last are prepositions of time that are usually used in a narrative text.
Sequence Words

Words that help to understand the sequence of events.

 Reported Speech
Reported speech is how we represent the speech of other people or what we ourselves say.

1. Direct Speech
2. Indirect Speech
It is a sentence in which the exact words
It is used when we tell someone what other people
spoken are reproduced in speech marks
said.
Examples
Examples:
- “What’s that?” asked Jhon.
Tina said that she had done her homework's.
- “Guys, look at what I have seen!” said Tina, Benny told me it had been raining all day.
excitedly.
● Using an adverb of time such as next, later, when, then, after, before, first, at the same time,
as soon as she left, late on Friday, On Saturday, On Monday, On Sunday).

● Using an action verb, e.g. went, stayed.

● The passive voice may be used

eg. The bottle was filled with ink.

Quiz 1: Narrative Text Text (LO 1-3) (15’)
 Reading Techniques: Skimming and
Scanning
- Use skimming in previewing (reading before you read), reviewing (reading after you

read), determining the main idea from a long selection you don't wish to read, or when

trying to find source material for a research paper.

- Use scanning in research to find particular facts, to study fact-heavy topics, and to

answer questions requiring factual support.

Quiz 2 (LO 4) (10’)
 How to write a narrative text:

1. What are you going to tell your audience?

2. What information will the audience need early in the text?

3. What are the important events or parts of the story you want to elaborate? In what order will they
occur?

4. How will you let your readers know the order of events? What language will you use to link the
events?

5. What other information may it be helpful to include?

6. How will you conclude your narrative?

At this point, students should consider some of the questions their audience might ask while reading
the story. For example:

1. What occurred?

2. Where did it take place?

3. When did it occur?

4. Who were the main characters/people involved?

5. Why did certain things happen?

6. How did things happen?

7. What were some of the reactions to the events that happened?

8. What are the concluding thoughts or ideas?

9. What can the audience learn from the story?

 How to structure a narrative text in 4 paragraphs
When writing a narrative text, the 4-paragraph text will look like this:

The Orientation: Paragraph 1

In the introductory paragraph, the student will establish the setting and introduce the
characters and the topic of the text.

The Events: Paragraphs 2-3

Using past tenses, the student will connect each event involving all the characters in a
predetermined pace and complexity in a coherent string of events.

The Reorientation: Paragraph 4

In the final paragraph of their narrative text, the students should write a justified ending.
Students are also encouraged to state one thing or two that the audience can learn from the
story as a coda.
● POST TEST