This document defines narrative text as an imaginative story meant to entertain readers or listeners. It outlines the typical generic structure of narrative texts, including an orientation to introduce characters, a complication where problems develop, a sequence of events, and a resolution where problems are solved. The document also lists common language features of narratives such as past tense verbs, adverbs of time, time conjunctions, specific characters, action verbs, and direct speech. An example is provided to demonstrate identifying the generic structure of a narrative text.

1. NARRATIVE TEXT
BY : M I R AYA N T I
0 3 1 1 1 5 0 2 6

2. DEFINITION
Narrative text is an
imaginative story to
entertain the reader or
listener.

3. GENERIC STRUCTURE
ORIENTATION
It is about the
opening
paragraph where
the characters of
the story are
introduced,
COMPLICATION
Where the
problem in the
story developed
SQUENCE OF
EVENTS
The order
of events as they
occur in a story.
RESOLUTION
Where the
problems in the
story are solved
CODA/ RE-
ORIENTATION
Lesson from the
story

4. LANGUAGE FEATURE
• PAST TENSE (killed, drunk, e.t.c)
• ADVERB OF TIME (once upon a time, one day, e.t.c)
• TIME CONJUNCTION (when, then, suddenly, e.t.c)
• SPECIFIC CHARACTER
• ACTION VERBS (a verb that shows an action)
• DIRECT SPEECH (it is to make the story live)

5. EXAMPLE:
TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE GENERIC
STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT.
EVENT
EVENT
ORIENTATION

6. COMPLICATION
RESOLUTION