Narrative text

 Definition of Narrative Text

Narrative text is a type of text in English to tell a story that has a series of interconnected chronological events.

Types of Narrative Text

• Fairy tale

• Mystery

• Science fiction

• Romance

• Horror

• Fable

• Myth and legend

• History

• Slice of life

• Personal experience

Language Features

• Using action verb

• Using noun

• Using adjective

• Using conjunction

Generic Structure

1. Orientatio

2. Complicatin

3. Resolution

4. Re-Orientation

Example

In one village of North Sumatera, there lived a poor farmer named Toba. One day, he went fishing. Luckily, he got a beautiful goldfish. He carried it home then planned to cook it. When he got home, the fish turned into a beautiful woman.

The woman told him that she was cursed. She asked Toba to keep it as a secret. Toba agreed it only with one condition that she would marry him. Then they got married and soon had one child named Samosir. This boy liked to eat much food. 

One day, mother asked Samosir to bring lunch to father. On the way to rice field, he stopped and ate most of food. After that, he gave the rest of food to his father. Toba was very angry and shouted at Samosir “You, a fish kid, you are so greedy!” Samosir cried and ran toward his mother. He asked mother why father called him a fish kid.

The woman was really upset that Toba broke his promise. Mother and son disappeared. Soon there were springs that caused a vast lake. It’s called Toba Lake. A land in the middle of Toba Lake is called Samosir Island.