Narrative text merupakan suatu cerita yang berbentuk fiktif atau khayalan, dongeng, ataupun kisah nyata yang mempunyai urutan cerita yang sistematis dan telah dilebih-lebihkan. Dan diakhir cerita terkandung nilai moral yang bisa dipetik.
Purposes of the Text
Tujuan dari Narrative text adalah untuk menghiburpara pembaca tentang suatu kisah atau cerita yang dikarang oleh penulis cerita dan di saat yang sama jugamemberikan pesan moral yang ingin disampaikan kepada para pembaca.
Language Feature Atau Ciri Kebahasaan
- Bentuk kalimat (tenses) yang menggunakan verb/kata kerja bentuk ke-2 yang menunjukkan kejadian di masa lampau atau Past Tense.
- Adverb of time atau keterangan watu dalam Narrative Text seringkali menggunakan; long time ago, once, one, once upon a time.
- Terdapat potongan percakapan/kalimat langsung “direct speech” antar tokoh.
- Penggunaan kata sifat (adjective) untuk memberikan gambaran lebih rinci dalam bentuk frasa (noun phrase).
Generic Structure/ Struktur Narrative Text
Structure Text yang ada dalam Narrative Text bisa digambarkan melalui table berikut:
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CONTOH NARRATIVE TEXT:
The Legend of Lake Toba
Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field. He did some gardening and fishing for his daily life. One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest catc which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess.
He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said, "Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be ahuge disaster". The man made the deal and they got married, live happily and had a daughter. Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields.
One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father's lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted; "You damned daughter of a fish". The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise. Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come.
When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir.
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