A narrative text tells a story to inform readers. It has a beginning, middle, and end with characters and a setting. Common examples of narrative texts include plays, novels, short stories, and picture books. Narrative texts have characteristics like progression of events, characters like protagonists and antagonists, conflicts between people or with nature, and a lesson.

1. Features of
a Narrative
Text

2. What is a narrative text?
Narrative text serves to inform
readers by telling them a story. It
can be real or not.

3. What are the purposes of a
narrative text?
1. To tell a story
2. To tell a sequence of events and
experiences

4. Examples of a Narrative Text
1. Plays- For example, the
musical play Wizard of Oz and
Camp Rock.

5. Examples of a Play

6. Examples of a Play

7. Examples of a Narrative Text
2. Novels- For example, Harry
Potter series, Charlotte’s Web
and Percy Jackson series.

8. Examples of Novels

9. Examples of Novels

10. Examples of a Narrative Text
3. Short stories- For example, the
stories you see in your B2A.

11. Examples of a Narrative Text
4. Picture books- These kind of
books are big with colorful
pictures and only few words
written on it. For example,
Where the Wild Things Are.

12. Examples of Picture Books

13. Examples of Picture Books

14. Characteristics of a Narrative
Text
1. There is a development of the
story starting with the beginning,
middle and end.

15. Characteristics of a Narrative
Text
2. In every narrative text, there is
a where and when it took place
or what we call setting.

16. Characteristics of a Narrative
Text
3. There are characters presented
in the story.

17. Types of Characters
a. Protagonist- The main character
of the story.
b. Antagonist- The villain

18. Types of Characters
c. Round Characters- These are the
characters that change throughout
the story, may it be from being
good to bad or vice versa.

19. Types of Characters
c. Flat Characters- These are the
characters that do not change
throughout the story.

20. Characteristics of a Narrative
Text
4. Conflicts can be seen in the
text.

21. Types of Conflicts
a. Person vs. himself- The conflict is
internal. A character must overcome
his nature or make a choice between
two paths- the good and the evil,
the right and the wrong.

22. Types of Conflicts
b. Person vs. Another person- The
conflict is external. The conflict is
between two characters in the story.
Usually, it is the protagonist against
the antagonist.

23. Types of Conflicts
c. Person vs. Society- The person
is against a man-made problem
(e.g. bullying, slavery). In the
story, the person is forced to fight
these problems.

24. Types of Conflicts
d. Person vs. Nature- The person is
against any force or element of
nature. It could be a sea creature
such as sharks and octopuses or
land creature such as bears and
tigers. It could also be the natural
catastrophe such as tornadoes,
storms and earthquakes.

25. Characteristics of a Narrative
Text
4. In every narrative text, there is
always a lesson at the end of it.