NARRATIVE TEXT

Narrative text adalah teks yang berisi sebuah cerita baik tertulis ataupun tidak
tertulis dan terdapat rangkaian peristiwa yang saling terhubung.
Struktur Narrative text
Orientation
Pada bagian Orientation atau pengenalan berisi tentang pengenalan tokoh dalam
cerita serta waktu dan tempat kejadiannya.
Complication
Pada bagian Complication berisi tentang gambaran munculnya krisis atau masalah
yang di alami oleh tokoh pada cerita tersebut yang harus dipecahkan.
Resolution
Pada bagian Resolution berisi tentang bagaiman tokoh dari cerita tersebut
memecahkan masalah yang ada pada bagian Complication. Biasanya terdapat lebih
dari satu Resolution untuk satu Complication.
Re-oreantation
Pada bagian Re-orientation adalah bagian terakhir dari structure Narrative Text yang
berisi perubahan yang terjadi pada tokoh dan pelajaran yang dapat dipetik dari
cerita tersebut.
Ciri Kebahasan Narrative Text
Mengunakan Action Verb dalam bentuk Past Tense. Misalnya : Climbed, Turned,
Brought, dsb.
Menggunakan Nouns tertentu sebagai kata ganti orang, hewan dan benda tertentu
dalam cerita. Misalnya : the king, the queen, dsb.
Menggunakan Adjectives yang membentuk noun phrase. Misalnya : long black hair,
two red apples, dsb.
Menggunakan Time Connectives dan Conjunctions untuk mengurutkan kejadiankejadian. Misalnya : then, before, after, soon, dsb.
Menggunakan Adverbs dan Adverbial Phrase untuk menunjukkan lokasi kejadian
atau peristiwa. Misalnya : here, in the mountain, happily ever after, dsb.
Contoh Narrative Text

Three Fishes

(Orientation)
Once, three fishes lived in a pond. One evening, some fishermen passed by the
pond and saw the fishes. 'This pond is full of fish', they told each other excitedly.
'We have never fished here before. We must come back tomorrow morning with our
nets and catch these fish!' Then the fishermen left.
(Complication)
When the eldest of the three fishes heard this, he was troubled. He called the other
fishes together and said, 'Did you hear what the fishermen said? We must leave this
pond at once. The fishermen will return tomorrow and kill us all!' The second of the
three fishes agreed. 'You are right', he said. 'We must leave the pond.'But the
youngest fish laughed. 'You are worrying without reason', he said. 'We have lived in
this pond all our lives, and no fisherman has ever come here. Why should these men
return? I am not going anywhere - my luck will keep me safe.'
(Resolution)
The eldest of the fishes left the pond that very evening with his entire family. The
second fish saw the fishermen coming in the distance early next morning and left
the pond at once with all his family. The third fish refused to leave even then.
The fishermen arrived and caught all the fish left in the pond. The third fish's luck
did not help him - he too was caught and killed.
(Re-orientation)
The fish who saw trouble ahead and acted before it arrived as well as the fish who
acted as soon as it came both survived. But the fish who relied only on luck and did
nothing at all died. So also in life.