Objective of the Study Significance of the Study

part in event climax. In addition, the sequence of events aims to amuse readers and give moral value. 3 Resolution should describe how problems were solved. 4 Coda should present a moral value of story. Because a narrative text is a kind of story which is told and happened in the past, this text always uses past tense as its language feature. The followings are the language feature or grammar structure of a narrative text: 6 a. Using verb which describes an action in each event in narration must use past tense whether it is simple past, past continuous, or past perfect tense. b. Using verb which shows doing an activity or action such as released, took, saw, etc. c. Using adjective which describes personal appearance or attitude, for instance: sad, special, beautiful, ugly, colorful, and happy, etc. d. Using pronoun or a word used to refer to a noun. The following is the example of pronouns used in an narrative text: “One day, there was a raven named Crawford who wanted to be special and different with the other ravens. He did not want to be like the other ravens because their feathers were all black. He thought that the color of black was boring and not pretty. ” 7 e. Use conjunctions and transitional words. The following is the examples of conjunctions and transitional words in an narrative text: “Finally, he had an idea to escape. He took all his colorful feathers. When the princess saw Crawford changed to be an ugly bird, she released Crawford from the cage. After that, Crawford went home and met his friends. ” 8 6 Ibid, p. 97 7 Hans Wilhelm, Royal Raven, New York: Scholastic, 1996, p. 1-30 8 Ibid

3. The Sample of Narrative Text

The sample of narrative text presented below is summarized and retold from the picture book entitled The Royal Raven by Hans Wilhelm. 9 Orientation Orientation Eve Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 3 Resolution Coda 9 Ibid THE ROYAL RAVEN One day, there was a raven named Crawford who wanted to be special and different with the other ravens. He did not want to be like the other ravens because their feathers were all black. He thought that the color of black was boring and not pretty. The next day, Crawford decided to change his appearance. He wanted to be as beautiful as swan or hummingbird. He would do anything to get a perfect appearance like what he really dreamt of. In the evening, he came to the witch. He asked her to change his feathers to be colorful. Old lady, can you help me to change my features to be beautiful and colorful? I hate these boring black feathers Crawford asked. What a poor little raven Okay, I will do it if you give me some of your feathers’ tile. Suddenly, after the old woman said Abracadabra , Crawford changed to be a beautiful bird like a peacock. His boring black feathers became colorful and shiny. Crawford was happy and he came to his friends to boast about his beautiful new look. In the shiny day, when Crawford was flying, the princess of a palace saw him and caught him. Then, Crawford lived in the palace. Unluckily, when the prince and the princess had a dinner, Crawford made some noise and broke everything in the dining room. Because of Crawford’s mistake, he was punished and locked in a cage. Crawford was very sad and he wanted to be free. Finally, he had an idea to escape. He took all his colorful feathers. When the princess saw Crawford changed to be an ugly bird, she released Crawford from the cage. After that, Crawford went home and met his friends. Moral: What God gave to us is a gift that must be grateful.