NARRATIVE TEXT

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NARRATIVE TEXT is a text focusingspecific participants. Its social function is to tell stories or past events and entertain the readers.

GENERIC STRUCTURE of Narrative Text

• Orientation: Introducing the participants and informing the time and the place
• Complication: Describing the rising crises which the participants have to do with
• Resolution: Showing the way of participant to solve the crises, better or worse

Language features:
• The use of noun phrases (a beautiful princess, a huge temple)
• The use of connectives (first, before that, then, finally)
• The use of adverbial phrases of time and place (in the garden, two days ago)
• The use of simple past tense (he walked away from the village)
• The use o action verbs (walk, sleep, wake up)
• The use of saying verbs (tell, say, ask)
• The use of thinking verbs, feeling verbs, verbs of senses (she felt hungry, she thought she was clever, she smelt something burning)

EXAMPLE NARRATIVE TEXT

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Beauty. She lived with her father and her sisters in a small village.

Beauty was a beautiful girl. She was also hard-working. She always helped her father on the farm.

One day, her father set out for the city. He saw an old castle and went in. No-one was in but there was food on the table. Then he walked around the castle. He picked a rose from garden for Beauty. Suddenly an angry Beast appeared. He wanted to kill Beauty’s father unless Beauty was brought to him.

Beauty’s father told her daughters what had happened. Beauty’s sisters ordered her to see the Beast.

Beauty went to see the Beast and had to stay at the castle. She felt scared, lonely and sad. She tried to run away but was stopped by the Beast. The Beast treated Beauty well. Soon, Beauty began to like the Beast.

One day, through the Beast’s magic mirror, Beauty saw that her father was sick. The Beast allowed her to go home. Her father was happy to see her.

One night, Beauty had a dream. A fairly told her that the Beast was sick.

Beauty hurried back and saw the Beast dying. She began to cry. Tears fell onto the Beast. Suddenly, the Beast changed into handsome prince.

Beauty and the Beast got married and lived happily ever after.