Narrative Text
- 1. By Nindya Primandita K
- 2. Long time ago, a Mouse who always lived on the land, by an unlucky chance, formed an intimate acquaintance with a Frog, who lived, for the most part, in the water.
- 3. One day, the Frog was intent on mischief. He tied the foot of the Mouse tightly to his own. Thus joined together, the Frog led his friend the Mouse to the meadow where they usually searched for food. After this, he gradually led him towards the pond in which he lived, until reaching the banks of the water, he suddenly jumped in, dragging the Mouse with him.
- 4. The Frog enjoyed the water amazingly, and swam croaking about, as if he had done a good deed. The unhappy Mouse was soon sputtered and drowned in the water, and his poor dead body floating about on the surface.
- 5. A Hawk observed the foating Mouse from the sky, and dove down and grabbed it with his talons, carrying it back to his nest. The Frog, being still fastened to the leg of the Mouse, was also carried off a prisoner, and was eaten by the Hawk.
- 6. an imaginative story to entertain people.
- 7. to entertain or amuse the readers
- 8. Orientation sets the scene and introduces the participants(characters) of the story, the time and place where (who, what, when and where) 1
- 9. Complication a crisis arises. A series of events in which the main character attempts to solve the problem 2
- 10. Resolution the crisis is resolve, for better or worse 3
- 11. Reorientation it is optional. The ending of story. It sometimes contains the solution. 4
- 12. LANGUAGE FEATURES OF NARRATIVE TEXT IS... Past tense (jumped, walked, etc) 1
- 13. LANGUAGE FEATURES OF NARRATIVE TEXT IS... Adverb of time (Once upon a time, one day, etc) 2
- 14. LANGUAGE FEATURES OF NARRATIVE TEXT IS... Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc) 3
- 15. LANGUAGE FEATURES OF NARRATIVE TEXT IS... Specific character (Cinderella, Snow White, Alibaba, etc) 4
- 16. LANGUAGE FEATURES OF NARRATIVE TEXT IS... Action verb A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked, etc) 5
- 17. LANGUAGE FEATURES OF NARRATIVE TEXT IS... Direct speech (Snow White said,”My name is Snow White). The direct speech uses present tense. 6