A narrative may present a series of events as the form of response from the characters to the complication of the story. It involves the character‟s feelings
and what they do. Those events are usually told in chronological order or with flashback. The point of view appears in this part.
d. Resolution
In this part, the story reaches its end. This is where the problem is solved. e.
Coda Usually coda is present at the last paragraph. Coda includes a moral or message
to be learnt from the story.
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C. Definition of Schemata
According to Gilakjani and Ahmadi “Schema” is background knowledge- also prior knowledge is supposed to consist of two main components: “our assimilated
direct experiences of life and its manifold activities, and our assimilated verbal experiences and encounters. Schemata are accepted as interblocking mental structure
representing reader‟s knowledge.”
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It means schema is about everything people‟s experiences, and readers integrate the new information from the text into their
previous information or knowledge. It can be said that organize categories of previous information then combine it into new information.
D. Picture
1. The definition pictures
According to Andrew W right “pictures are the most suitable known the
language. Pictures contribute; interest and motivation, a sense of the context of
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Mark Anderson and Kathy Anderson, op,.cit.,p.4.
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Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani and Seyedh Masoumeh Ahmadi,The Relationship between L2 Reading Comprehension and Schema Theory. A Matter of Text Familiarity, International Journal of
Information and Education Technology, vol 1, No 2, 2011, p. 142.
language, and specific references point and stimulus.”
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Pictures are good visual aid to present what the text about and to give the stimulus for the students in teaching
learning activities. It is stimulate the imagination of the students to explore their mind out from the class. It is important for the teacher to be creative to help the students
understand the text better. Some of English teacher prefer to use picture as one of their teaching technique,
it can be found from the book, handout, internet, etc. As the Jim Scriverner states on his book
“Pictures and pictures stories can be in a book or handout, drawn on the board or OHP, on flashcards, or on posters. Traditionally they have been used a
starting point for writing exercises, but they are also very useful for focusing on specific language points or as material for speaki
ng and listening activities”.
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Based on the explanation above, the writer concludes that pictures are good to be a media in teaching because it can attract students‟ attention by seeing the picture that
teacher used. Students can use their imagination and their mind. Therefore, the writer choose picture as a media in teaching reading of narrative text, in order to make the
students interesting while studying English and can stimulate the students ability just by seeing the picture.
2.
Kinds of Pictures
Marry Finnochiaro and Michael Bonomo borke down picture into three broad categories:
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a. Picture of individual person or object.
The example
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Andrew Wright, Pictures for Language Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 1989, p. 2.
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Jim Scrivener, Learning Teaching: A Guide Book for English Language Teacher Oxford: Macmillan Publishers Limited, p.334.
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Marry Finocchiaro Michael Bonomo, M.S. in Ed, The Foreign Language Learner: Guide for Teachers, New York: Regents Publishing Company, 2006, p. 164.
