Characteristics, Types and Example Of Narrative Text
A narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people as the reader or as the listener.
The characteristics of a narrative text:
• Orientation
It tells about the setting in time and place and characters
• Complication
This part tells us about problem (s) to be solved by characters.
• Resolution
It describes the solutions to the complication (s) and gives an ending to the story.
Types of narrative text:
Fairy tales, folk tables, fables, fictions, legend, etc.
An example of fairy tales is "Beauty and the Beast.
An example of folk tables is "Timun Mas".
An example of fables is "The Turtle and the Hare".
An example of fiction is "Wizard of oz'.
An example of legend is "Malinkundang".
• Narrative text usually begins with : once upon a time, one day, long time, two years ago, etc.
• A lot of action verbs such as: went, saw, bought, slept, etc.
• Many connectives or conjunctions. Connectives are used to show a sequencs of events or activities. The examples of connectives are: first, second, then, next, after that, and finally.
Conjuction are words to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause. The examples of conjunctions are: and, but, or, etc.
The characteristics of a narrative text:
• Orientation
It tells about the setting in time and place and characters
• Complication
This part tells us about problem (s) to be solved by characters.
• Resolution
It describes the solutions to the complication (s) and gives an ending to the story.
Types of narrative text:
Fairy tales, folk tables, fables, fictions, legend, etc.
An example of fairy tales is "Beauty and the Beast.
An example of folk tables is "Timun Mas".
An example of fables is "The Turtle and the Hare".
An example of fiction is "Wizard of oz'.
An example of legend is "Malinkundang".
• Narrative text usually begins with : once upon a time, one day, long time, two years ago, etc.
• A lot of action verbs such as: went, saw, bought, slept, etc.
• Many connectives or conjunctions. Connectives are used to show a sequencs of events or activities. The examples of connectives are: first, second, then, next, after that, and finally.
Conjuction are words to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause. The examples of conjunctions are: and, but, or, etc.