narrative text

Narrative Text

1.       Narrative text

·         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.

·         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 

 

the most important brick of building a narrative text

is a plot or story line after you get the topic in your

hand.

·         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    

 

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      

 

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.