ANNISA F (XI IPA 1 05) 1.

. Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems. 2. Language Features of Narrative The use of noun phrase a beautiful princess, a huge temple The use of connectives First, before, that, then, finally The use of adverbial phrase of time and place Two days ago, in the garden. Simple past tense He walked away from the village Material processes / action verbs Material processes are process of material doing. e.g walk, sleep, wake up Verbal processes / Saying verb Verbal processes are processes of saying, or more accurately, of symbolically signaling. e.g say, tell, ask, explain, announce Mental Processes Mental processes are mental, covert kinds of goings-on. - Thinking verbs: think, understand, assume, conclude, discover, consider, doubt, believe. - Feeling verbs: love, enjoy, hate, dislike, regret, fear, like, prefer - Verbs of sense: see, notice, observe, feel, smell, taste, watch, hear, listen. 3. The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.

4. 1) Orientation Sets the scene: where and when the story happened and introduces the participants of the story: who and what is involved in the story.

2) Complication Tells the beginning of the problems which leads to the crisis (climax) of the main participants.

3) Resolution The problem (the crisis) is resolved, either in a happy ending or in a sad (tragic) ending

4) Re-orientation/Coda This is a closing remark to the story and it is optional. It consists of a moral lesson, advice or teaching from the writer 5. Legend : A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived

both by teller and listeners to take place within human history. Typically, a legend is a short, traditional and historicized narrative performed in a conversational mode. Fabel : A fabel is a short allegorical narrative making a moral point, traditionally by means of animal characters who speak and act like human beings. Fairy tale : fairy tale is an English language term for a type of short narrative corresponding to the French phrase "conte de fe". A fairy tale

typically features such folkloric characters as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. Science fiction : Science fiction is fiction based upon some imagined development of science, or upon the extrapolation of a tendency in society. Science fiction is that class of prose narrative treating of a situation that could not arise in the world we know.