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Narrative Text

This document provides an overview of narrative text, including its definition, characteristics, purposes, types, generic structure, and language features. It defines narrative text as a fictional story created to entertain readers. It notes that narrative text typically has a plot with a beginning, middle, and end involving characters, uses sequential time and descriptive language, and often carries a moral message. The document also outlines common types of narrative text and its typical five-part generic structure.

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Narrative Text

This document provides an overview of narrative text, including its definition, characteristics, purposes, types, generic structure, and language features. It defines narrative text as a fictional story created to entertain readers. It notes that narrative text typically has a plot with a beginning, middle, and end involving characters, uses sequential time and descriptive language, and often carries a moral message. The document also outlines common types of narrative text and its typical five-part generic structure.

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Narrative Text

Anggota Kelompok 5:
Veny Tralia
Diva Adelia P.
Meliza Sari
Andi Dita K.
Galoh Purnamasari
Table of Contains
01 05
The Definition of 03 Generic Structure
Narrative Text Purpose and of Narrative Text
Function of
Narrative Text
02 06
Characteristics of 04 Language Features
Narrative Text of Narrative Text
Types of
Narrative Text
What is Narrative
Text?
DEFINITION
Narrative text is a fictional story or
imaginative text created with the
aim of entertaining readers.
Characteristics of Narrative Text
1. Has a plot: There is a storyline with a beginning (orientation),
complication, climax, and resolution.
2. Uses characters: The story involves characters who play roles
in the plot.
3. Sequential time: The story is arranged in chronological order.
4. Descriptive language: It contains descriptive language to
describe the setting, mood, and characters.
5. Contains conflict: There is a conflict or challenge that the
characters must overcome.
6. Carries a moral or message: Narrative stories often have
moral lessons that can be learned from the characters’
experiences.
The purpose and Functions of
Narrative Text
Language Development
It helps language users understand and use
Entertainment language effectively.
It provides enjoyment to readers or
listeners through engaging stories. Imagination Development
It encourages readers to use their
imagination to visualize the story.
Education
It imparts moral values, life Moral Learning
lessons, or cultural insights It delivers moral lessons or messages
through stories. applicable to everyday life.
Types of Narrative Text
Fable Legend
Folktale Short stories with animals
Stories about heroes or figures
Traditional stories from a culture as characters, conveying
believed to be real, sometimes
often containing magical or clear moral lessons
with fantastic elements.
legendary elements.

Historical Fiction Science Fiction Biographies


Stories about individuals,
Fictional stories set in real Stories set in a scientific or narrating their life journey
historical contexts. technologically advanced and achievements.
background.
Structure of Narrative Text
Complication Re-orientation
Conflict or problem Contains the conclusion of
arises, hindering the the end of the story, often
main character with a moral lesson

01 02 03 04
Orientation Resolution
Introduction of characters,
Conflict is resolved, and
time, place, and initial
the story reaches its
situation
climax
Linguistic Features in Narrative Text
Action Verbs
Past Tense Action verbs are used to Conjunctions
Most narratives use past tense describe events in the story. Used to connect events or
to tell the story ideas in the story.

Descriptive Language Time Connectives


Employed to provide detailed
descriptions of settings, Used to provide a
characters, and events chronological sequence of
events.
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