THE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT OF NARRATIVE TEXT

1. Purpose of the Narrative text

Social function narrative
Social function of narrative text is to amuse or entertain the readers
with actual or imaginary experience in different ways. Narrative always deals
with some problems which lead to the climax and then turn into a solution to
the problem.
2. Generic Structure
Text Element

Content
It tells the audience about who is in the story, when the

Orientation
story is taking place and where the action is happening.
Exploring the conflict in the story. It shows the rising
Complication
crisis and the climax of the story.
Showing the way the participants of the story solve the
Resolution
crises, for better or worse.
3. Language Features
Past tense (lived, asked, told, etc)
Action verb (made, went, finished, etc)
Adverb (once upon a time, night, early morning, etc)
Time conjunction (when, then, etc)
4. Example of the narrative text

THE ORIGIN OF BAT

(Mandobo, Marauke)
Once upon a time at riverside of Kao in Boven Digoel, they lived a couple of
husband and his wife and their 12 children. They lived in village which produced
numerous foods. They were sago, cassavas, bananas and others. They were lots of
animal to hunt as well. They lived there happily.

One night, the couple made a plan to go to the garden to pickax sago tree the
next day. Therefore, they prepared all of the necessary tools that they needed. They
did not realize that their plan was known by the wifes old brother. When the sun rose
the east early morning, the husband and his wife went to garden. But before they
went, they talked to their eldest son to take care his young brothers and his young
sisters because they would back home after the sun set. Both of them were very happy
because they would get a lot of sago.
On their way to garden, they met the wifes brother. He already knew where
they headed to. Without talking too much, the brother told his sister to bake him sago
and brought it to him every day. When afternoon came, they had finished pounding
sago. They went home. They were tired but happy.
At night, the mother baked sago. The children then asked some sago from the
mother because they were very hungry. But the mother said that the sago were for
their uncle so they could not eat them. She always baked sago and brought to her
brother every day. Of course, it made the children angry and disappointed. They were
very hurt.
Because they ran out of sago, the couple went to the garden. As usual, the
couple left their children at home. Because the children were hurt and disappointed,
they made a big plan to run away from their parents. Led by eldest son, they went
down from their tree home. They took taro leaves of and rope made of gnetum
fnemon bark. Then, they put at two sides of their hands and arms. After that, the eldest
son tried to flap his wings which made of those taro leaves as if he was a bird who
wanted to fly. Then, the other tried too. Finally, all of them could fly. They came back
home and waited for their parent arrival.
The evening came. Their parent arrived. As soon as they saw their parents,
they jumped down from their home and flew away. While flying in the sky, all of
them shouted: father mother.., we are very disappointed and feel painful

because of you, so we will go far away. Good bye!!!!. At the same time, they were
change into bats and flew far away. Their parents were very sorry. They could not
catch them. They only cried for their children.
THE ORIGIN OF BAT
In riverside of Kao in Boven Digoel, there lived a couple of
husband and his wife and their 12 children. They lived in
Orientation

village which produced numerous foods. They were lots of

animal to hunt as well. They lived there happily.
One night, the couple made a plan to go to the garden to
pickax sago tree the next day. They did not realize that their
plan was known by the wifes old brother. On their way to the
garden, they met the wifes brother and the brother told his

Complication

sister to bake him sago and brought it to him every day.

The children then asked some sago from the mother because
they were very hungry. But the mother said that the sago were
for their uncle so they could not eat them. It mad the children
angry and disappointed. They were very hurt.
Because the children were hurt and disappointed, they made a
big plan to run away from their parents and they made wings
from taro leaves for they could fly. As soon as they saw their
parents, they jumped down from their home and flew away.
While flying in the sky, all of them shouted their

Resolution

disappointment for their parents. Their parents were very

sorry. They could not catch them. They only cried for their
children.

5. Exercise
a. Answer the question with text above

 What are they produced?

What happen about the parents and wifes old brother?
Why the children be angry?
What the children do to run away from their parents?
What the parents feel with the children done?
b. Groping word into noun, verb, adjective, adverb and preposition to the story
given.
c. Make the grouping words into sentence one by one.
By: INGGRIT KAIHATU