The document summarizes the generic structure and linguistic features of a narrative text. It provides examples of different types of narrative texts such as legends, fables, fairy tales, folktales, and short stories. It then gives a short legend from Sumatra about how Toba Lake was formed as a result of a man revealing his wife's secret that she was originally a fish. The legend follows the standard narrative structure of orientation, complication, resolution, and re-orientation.

1. Assalamualaikum
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Narrative Text

2. Member of Group :
• Ahmad Movid
• Alief Alfathoni Nurwahid
• Dyah Wanani Adhipurwa
• Manggala Wihasta
• Muhammad Nursihan
• Riska Novita Sari

3. What is narrative
text ?
Narrative text is a
kind of text to
retell the story
that past tense or a
narrative text is a
text that gives
either a factual or

4. The purpose of
narrative text
The purpose of the text is
to entertain or to amuse
the readers or listeners
about the story and we can
find the moral from the
story

5. The Generic Structure
of Narrative text :
• Orientation : It set the scene and
introduce the participants (it
answers the question : who,
when, what, and where).
• Complication : Tells the
problems of the story and how
the main characters solve them.

6. • Resolution : The crisis is
revolved, for better or
worse.
• Re-orientation : The ending
of the story. Maybe, happy
ending or sad ending.
• Evaluation : The stepping
back to evaluate the story
or the moral message of
the story

7. Linguistic features
:• Use active verbs.
• Use past tense.
• Use conjunction (and, then,
after that, next, etc)
• Also Temporal conjunction,
like: once upon a time, one
day, long time ago, …

8. • The first person (I
or We) or the
third person (He,
She, or They).
• Use specific nouns.
• Use adjective and
adverbs

9. Kind of Narrative text
:• Legend :
Sangkuriang, Malin
Kundang, etc.
• Fable : Mousedeer
and crocodile.
• Fairy tale :
Cinderella, Snow
white, Pinocchio,
etc.
• Folktale
• Short story
• Classic
• Fantasy
• Adventure
• Science Fiction
• Myth
• Mystery
• Real-life
drama

10. The Legend of Toba Lake
• ORIENTATION
Once upon a time, there was
a man who was living in north
Sumatra. He lived in a simple
hut in a farming field. The did
some gardening and fishing for
his daily life.

11. •Complication
One day, while the man was do fishing,
he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It
was the biggest catch which he ever had
in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned
into a beautiful princess. He felt in love
with her and proposed her to be his wife.
She said; "Yes, but you have to promise
not to tell anyone about the secret that I
was once a fish, otherwise there will be a
huge disaster". The man made the deal

12. •Resolution
Few years later, this son would
help bringing lunch to his father
out in the fields. One day, his son
was so hungry and he ate his
father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he
found out and got furious, and
shouted; “You damned son of a
fish”. The son ran home and
asked his mother. The mother

13. Re-Orientation
Then she told her son to run up
the hills because a huge disaster
was about to come. When her
son left, she prayed. Soon there
was a big earthquake followed
by non-stop pouring rain. The
whole area got flooded and
became Toba Lake. She turned

14. Thank
You