Lonely Landy
One day there was a porcupine named Landy. He was lonely. No one wanted to play with him, because they were afraid of his spike.
“Dear Landy, we don’t want to play with you because your spikes are too sharp. We don’t want you to hurt us,” said Cici the rabbit
one day. Landy felt lonely. Landy spent most of his time daydreaming at the river bank. “I would be happy if there were no
spikes on my body.”
Orientation
Suddenly Kuku the turtle appeared from the river. He came to Landy and said “What are you thinking of?” Shortly Landy told his
problem. Kuku nodded his head. He said, “Poor you. But it isn’t your fault. I know your spikes are very useful and helpful for you.
They will realize it someday. Trust me” “Thanks Kuku, you are my best friend.”
One day Koko the frog invited all his friends including Landy to come to his party. But Landy decided not to come. He didn’t want
to mess up the party. I’ll come with you Landy. I’ll tell everyone that you’re harmless,”
said Kuku. Finally Landy attended the party. Everyone enjoy the party. Suddenly Tito screamed, “Help… help The evil wolf is
coming. Save yourself” Then everyone saved their lives except Kuku and Landy. Kuku pulled his head and his legs into his shell.
And Landy rolled his body into a ball.
Complication
Unintentionally the evil wolf touched Landy. Of course, the spikes pricked him. He screamed, “Ouch” Since his foot was bleeding, he
didn’t chase Landy’s friends any longer. Then he ran away. “Hooray... hooray.. Long Live Landy He saved our lives, said
Cici and her friends. They thanked him from then on. Landy wasn’t Lonely anymore.
Resolution
Adopted from Bright 2 for Grade VIII
3. Function of Narrative Passage
Wardiman et al state that the functions of narrative passage are entertaining, amusing, and dealing with an actual experience in different ways.
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In accordance with the writer’s opinion, Mark and Kathy Andersons’ arguments could conclude complete functions of a narrative passage. They disclose that a
narrative passage provides entertainment as well as excites readers’ emotions, and provides an issue to think, and also a lesson to teach.
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4. Device of Narrative Passage
In a narrative passage, commonly there are some features or devices that are used to make narrative passage become clearer or cohesive. Anderson states
that features in grammatical, are:
Noun that identifies the specific characters and place in the story.
Adjective that delivers accurate description of the characters and settings.
Verb which shows the action in the story active or passive verbs in the
past.
Time words that connect events.
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Time words could be marked by ‘first’, ‘then’, ‘next’, ‘after’, ‘while’, ‘during’, and ‘finally’.
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‘While’ or ‘at the same time’ is used to relate two nearby clauses, while ‘after’ or ‘before’ is
used to show sequence.
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In addition, Akhmadi and Safrida argue that the language features which should be considered in the narrative text are:
Mostly using verbs in past forms.
Using speech marks when the characters are speaking.
Using some adverbs to indicate time.
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Wardiman, et al, loc. cit.
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Mark Anderson and Kathy Anderson, Text Types in English 3, South Yarra: Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd., 1998, p. 3.
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Ibid.
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Langan, op. cit., p. 207.
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Michael G.W. Bamberg, The Acquisition of Narratives: Learning to Use Language, Berlin: Walter de GruyterCo., 1987, p. 16.
Using some relating verbs was, were to begin the story.
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Murkato and friends also point out that linguistic features which contains in the narrative text are as follows:
Specific participants or characters, such as: the Beast, Belle, Maurice, etc.
The use of past tense, for example: “They lived happily ever after.”
The use of past continuous tense, as an examlpe: “It was raining so hard
that he decided to enter the castle.”
A lot of action verbs, such as: asked, arrived, declared, travelling.
Some relational verbs to describe the characters and setting, for example: “He was good looking and rich. He looked very ugly instead.”
Many connectives or conjunctions to sequence the story, such as: after,
then, finally , and etcetera.
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Ali Akhmadi and Ida Safrida, Smart Steps; An English Textbook for Junior High School, Jakarta: Ganeca Exact, 2007, p. 174.
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Mukarto, et al., English on Sky 2 for Junior High School Students Grade VIII, Jakarta: Penerbit Erlangga, 2007, p. 124.
Mapping C
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