This document discusses the definition, social function, generic structure, and language features of narrative text. Narrative text is defined as a story with problematic events and resolutions to solve problems, and its purpose is to amuse or entertain readers. The generic structure of narrative text includes an orientation that introduces characters, a complication that presents problems leading to a climax, and a resolution that solves the crisis in a happy or sad ending. Language features include using past tense, adverbs of time, connectives, and descriptive adjectives.

1. I LOVE ENGLISH

2. Learning Goals
Identify the main idea of a particular paragraph in the
Narrative text.
Find specific, explicit and implicit information in the
Narrative text.
Determine the reference words of the sentence in
Narrative text.
Identify generic structure and language features of the
Narrative text.
Produce Narrative text.

3. LET’S LEARN NARRATIVE TEXT

4. Narrative Text

5. Definition
Narrative text is a story
with complication or
problematic events and
it tries to find the
resolutions to solve the
problems.

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

7. Generic Structure
Orientation
It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of
the story are introduced.
Complication
Tells the beginning of the problems which leads to the crisis
(climax) of the main participants
Resolution
The problem (the crisis) is resolved, either in a happy
ending or in a sad (tragic) ending.

8. Language Feature
Using Past Tense
Adverb of time. Ex: Once upon the time, one day, a long
time ago
Using connective
Using adjective that showing description