Narrative Text
1. Narrative text
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Narrative text is basically text that tells about something
that did not really happen, but only in the reef by Writer. narrative text aims
to entertain, to gain and maintain the attention of the reader / listener a
story. Narrative text also aims to educate, inform, convey a reflection on the
experience of the author, and are no less important is to develop the
imagination of the reader / listener. Imaginary narrative text generally, but
there are also factual narrative text, which tells the true incidence.
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Differ
from other writing genre is in the generic structure:
v Structure
of narrative text
a.
Orientation ,which sets the scene
and introduces the characters (it answer question : who,when,what and where).
b.
Complication,in which a crisis or a
problem arises,which usually involves the main characters.
c.
Resolution,a solution to the
problem (for better or for worse). Here main characters find ways to ways to
solve the problem.
d.
Coda which summarizes the
point of the story and moral message we may get.
2.
The steps how to make a
narrative writing
·
be ready to tell a story
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the
most important brick of building a narrative text
is
a plot or story line after you get the topic in your
hand.
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Have some type of setting
Have some type of setting
you
need to describe the setting its physical
Appearance.
· build your
reader impressions of your characters
 |
having
a great number of
character
will mean you
you
don’t get a chance to
flesh
them out properly.
·
let the plot unfold
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use sensory
words relating to all five senses
·
plan your climax, the twist in your story
|
it
could be a death a secret finnaly
·
Finish up your story
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with
shorter narrative essays in particular.
3. EXAMPLE
Snow White
And Seven Dawrfs
Once upon a
time in a great castle, there was a beautiful princess. She was very pretty,
with blue eyes and long black hair. Her skin was delicate and white, and so she
was called Snow White. Snow White had a step mother who was always jealous of
Snow White's beauty. Her step mother too was very beautiful, and the magic
mirror told her this every day, whenever she asked it.
One day, the
step mother asked the magic mirror who the loveliest lady in the land was and
the magic mirror answered Snow White was the loveliest in the land. The step
mother was very mad. Then he asked her trusty servants to take Snow White into
the forest, far away from the Castle and killed her. But the servant didn't
kill Snow White, He led the innocent little girl away.
In the
forest, little Snow White was alone and scared. She didn't know where she
should go. But suddenly she saw a small strange cottage. She wondered who lived
there, then she entered the cottage.
Inside the
cottage, there was 7 beds and a kitchen. Snow White was to tired to explore the
cottage, and suddenly fallen a sleep. In the afternoon, the seven dwarfs who
lived in the cottage, came home. They surprised to see there was a young lady
there. One dwarf woke her up and asked who was she. Snow White told them her
sad story. The seven dwarfs understood the feeling of Snow White and asked her
to live with them in the cottage.
Meanwhile in
the castle, the servant came back and told to the step mother that Snow White
was killed. Then the step mother asked the magic mirror once again who the
loveliest in the land was and still the magic mirror answered the Snow White
who lived in the small cottage with seven dwarfs was the loveliest one in the
land. So the step mother was angry and she planed something bad to Snow White.
Then the
step mother disguising herself as an old women who sold a basket of poisoned
apples and went to the cottage. In the cottage, the seven dwarfs warned Snow
White to not open the door to the stranger.
The step
mother finally arrived to the cottage and began to offer Snow White an apple.
Snow White refused to open the door but the step mother kept persuade and
finally Snow White opened the door and brought an apple then he ate it. So Snow
White fallen down with the poisoned apple beside her.
In the
afternoon, when the seven dwarfs came home, they were surprised with Snow White
who laid down on the floor with pale face and a poisoned apple beside her. The
seven dwarfs were sad seeing the Snow White was dying but not die yet. Then the
seven dwarfs decided to make a beautiful bed made from a crystal coffin to make
Snow White keep alive.
Day by day,
the seven dwarfs waited for the miracle came when Snow White suddenly woke up.
Then one day, there was a wanderer who
actually a prince from far away kingdom saw a beautiful lady was laid down on
crystal bed. The wanderer asked the dwarfs what was happened and the dwarfs
told him the story.
Heard the
Snow White's story, the princes decided to carry her to his Castle and asked
the doctor to help her. Then the prince kissed her to show his intention. But
suddenly Snow White was back to life. The fact was that the prince's kiss broke
the spell. Then the prince asked Snow White to marry him.
From that day on, Snow White lived
happily in a great castle. But from time to time, she was drawn back to visit
the little cottage down in the forest.
4.
Explain
why your sentence is called as the topic sentence?
Because it is located at
the first sentence and it is the kind of general statement of the paragraph
which is followed by the supporting sentences.
