Examples of narrative texts include: Myths
Fairytales Aboriginal dreaming stories
Science fiction Historical fiction
Romance novel
The purpose of narrative text is to present a view of the world that entertains or informs the reader or listener.
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From the description above, it can be said that narrative text has many meanings. Narrative text has been learned since Junior High School until now.
Actually, narrative text is same with the story. It is only different in term. When we were child, we have been read Cinderella story, it is kind of narrative text. It consists
of fiction story.
2. Schematic Structure of Narrative
a. Orientation
In this paragraph the narrator tells the audience who is in the story, when it is happening, where it is happening and what is going on.
b. Complication
This is the part of the story where the narrator tells about something that will begin in a chain of events. These events will affect one or more of the characters. The
complication is the trigger.
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c. Sequence of event
This is where the narrator tells how the characters react to the complication. It includes their feelings and what they do. The events can be told in chronological
order the order in which they happen or with flashback. The audience is given the narrator’s point of view.
d. Resolution
In this part of the narrative the complication is sorted out or problem is solved.
e. Coda
The narrator includes a coda if there is a moral or message to be learned from the story.
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The most common schematic structure is: Orientation-Complication- Resolution.
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Sleeping Beauty
Once upon a time, there was a king and queen. They really
wanted to have a baby. When the king finally gave birth to a
daughter, they were very happy. They made a party in the castle to
celebrate it.
Six good fairies came to the party. They gave the baby
presents of
intelligence, happiness, goodness, health and
wealth. Before the sixth good fairies could give their present, a
wicked fairy burst into the party. The fairy was so angry because
the king and the queen did not invite her to the party. She cursed
the baby, “on her sixteenth birthday, the princess will prick
her finger on a needle from a
spinning wheel and die” The sixth fairy used her magic to
soften the curse. She said, “the princess will not die, but she will
fall into a hole for a hundred
years.” The king and queen banned all spinning wheels from
the kingdom and hoped that the curse would never come true.
Orientation
Complication
Resolution
