NARRATIVE TEXT

 

Before going to the story, i will explain Definition, Purpose, , Generic Structure, Languge Features, and Types of Narrative text. 

Definition    :

Narrative text is a type of text that tells a chronologically connected series of events.

Purpose    :

The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

Generic Structure    :

1. Orientation        : conains What is the story about, who is the participant of the story, where is the place setting, when is the time setting.

2. Complication    : This section is the part that raises the problem or conflict that occurs in a story

3. Resolution        : This section is a solution or solution to a conflict or problem in the story.

4. Reorientation    : This section is a statement to close a story, such as moral messages, advice, or valuable lessons from the story

Language Featrures    :

1. The sentence pattern used is usually a Simple Past Tense

2. The beginning of a sentence usually begins with a time adverb (Adverbs of Time) such as long time ago, once, one, once upon a time.

3. Many use time conjunctions 

4. Sometimes there is direct dialogue between the characters in the story.

Types        :

1. Personal Experience

2. Fairy stories

3. Fables

4. Legend

5. Romance

6. Mysteries

7. Sciene Fiction

8. Horror Stories

9. Historical Narrative

10. Slice of life

Example        :

"The Legend Of SuraBaya"

Source:Google

    Once upon a time, in the northern part of East Java, there lived a scary giant crocodile. He was the ruler of the river and a predator who was feared by all the animals in the forest near the river.The name of the crocodile was Baya. He was very good at hunting, so all of the animals in the jungle were afraid of him. Baya lived in a river. In the sea, there lived a wild shark named Sura. He ruled the sea, and every fish were scared of him. However, Sura felt bored because he ate fish every day. He was curious about the river near the sea. Actually, they were friends.                                                                                                                     

source:Google

But when they were hungry, they were very greedy. They did not want to share their food. They would fight for it and never stop fighting until one of them gave up.

    One day he decided to go to the river. At the side of the river, there was a deer that was drinking water. Sura felt hungry, so he swam silently to the edge and jumped out to catch the deer. Sura was happy to get such delicious food. After eating the deer, Sura became addicted. The next day, he hunted back on the river and got a lot of food. After a couple of days, Baya became suspicious because it was harder and harder for him to find prey. He started investigating what was happening. When Baya saw Sura catched a little monkey in the river, Baya became angry. “Hey Sura, what are you doing here? This is my territory. How dare you snatch my prey.” Sura was not afraid of Baya – he challenged Baya to a fight. “Hey, I can look for food anywhere I want. It’s not just your territory here. All animals are free to look for food here. ” .Then Sura and Baya fought . After several hours, they were very tired. Sura had a plan to stop their bad behavior.“I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura. “Me too. What should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea?” asked Baya. “Yes, I do. Let’s share our territory. I live in the water, so I look for food in the sea. And you live on the land, right? So, you look for the food also on the land. The border is the beach, so we will never meet again. Do you agree?” asked Sura. “Hmm... let me think about it. OK, I agree. From today, I will never go to the sea again. My place is on the land,” said Baya. Then they both lived in the different places. But one day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise.“Hey, what are you doing here? This is my place. Your place is in the sea!” “But, there is water in the river, right? So, this is also my place!” said Sura. Then Sura and Baya fought again. 

Source: Google

They both hit each other. Sura bite Baya's tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up. He went back to the sea. Baya was very happy. He had his place again.

The place where they were fighting was a mess. Blood was everywhere. People then always talked about the fight between Sura and Baya. They then named the place of the fight as Surabaya, it’s from Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. People also put their war as the symbol of Surabaya city.