2. DEFINITION AND THE PURPOSE OF A
NARRATIVE TEXT
• Narrative text is an imaginative story used to entertain
the readers.
• Usually, the moral values can be taken in each story read.
• It has characters, setting, and action. They are usually
introduced in the beginning of the story. The problem
reaches to its high point in the middle and the ending
resolves the problem occurred.
4. KINDS OF A NARRATIVE TEXT
A traditional story accepted as history;
serves to explain the world view of a
people, such as: an ancient legend of
a god, a hero, the origin of a race.
Example: Poseidon, Thor, Egyptian
Mythology, and many more
MYTH
LEGENDS A genre of folklore that consists of a narrative
featuring human actions perceived or
believed both by teller and listeners to have
taken place within human history.
Example: The Story of Crying Stone, The Story
of Toba Lake, and many more
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5. KINDS OF A NARRATIVE TEXT
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A written story specifically for children, often about
magical characters such as elves, fairies,
goblins, and sometimes animal characters.
Example: The Story of Mermaid, Snow White and
The Seven Dwarfs, and many more
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FAIRY TALES
FABLES
A story about animals that can talk and act
like a man, or a plant or forces of nature
such as lightning or wind. Plants may be
able to move and speak and natural forces
cause things to happen in the story
because of their strength.
7. Complication Resolution
Coda/ Re-Orientation
Orientation
Tells where and when the story
happens and introduces the
characters of the story, who
and what is involved in the
story.
Tells the beginning of the
problems which leads to
the crisis (climax) of the
main characters.
Tells the problem/the crisis is
resolved, either in a happy
ending or in a sad/tragic
ending.
Tells the moral lesson of the
story.
This part is optional to be used.
THE GENERIC STRUCTURE OF
A NARRAIVE TEXT
10. Read the Narrative text below carefully!
The Mouse Deer And The Tiger
Once upon a time, there was a mouse deer. He was thirsty, so
he wanted to drink on the river. When the mouse deer came next to
the river, a tiger approached him and wanted to eat him. Of course
the mouse deer tried to escape, but the tiger ran faster and caught
him. In that dangerous situation the mouse deer thought hard how to
escape from the tiger. Then he got idea and said to the tiger, “Listen!
Your mightiness and toughness are all great! But I have my own
king. He has a greater strength than yours! I am sure that nobody
can match his powers!” Because the tiger felt insulted, he declared
that he would challenge the mouse deer’s king.
Next the mouse lead the tiger to the river, and said, “Now Look
at the water. You will see my king” Foolishly the tiger looked in the
river and surely saw another tiger in the water. Then he growled, but
the tiger in the river imitated to growl too. Because of his too high
self-pride, the tiger jumped into the water, and wanted to fight. He
was believing there was another tiger in the water.
The mouse deer took that opportunity to escape. After fighting
with himself in the river, the tiger realized that he was fooled by the
mouse deer.
Source: http://britishcourse.com/the-mouse-deer-and-the-tiger-contoh-narrative-text-
fable.php
Orientation:
There were a mouse deer and
a tiger on the river bank.
Complication:
The tiger approached the
mouse deer and wanted to eat
him.
Resolution:
After fighting with himself in
the river, the tiger realized
that he was fooled by the
mouse deer.
11. Let’s practice!
Read the following text and
identify the orientation,
complication and the resolution of
the story!
You may pause this video while
reading it.
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13. Read the Narrative text below carefully!
There was once a poor but worthy girl who lived alone with her mother in a little cottage near the forest.
They were very poor and often went hungry to bed.
One day, they no longer had anything to eat. So, the girl went into the forest, hoping to find some nuts or
berries. There an old woman met her. She knew of the girl’s sorrow, and presented her with a little pot.
“If you put this on the stove and say ‘Cook, little pot, cook,’ it will cook up good, sweet millet porridge for you
and your mother. And when you say ‘Stop, little pot, stop,’ it will stop cooking until the next time.
Overjoyed, the girl took the pot home to her mother. They became free from their poverty and hunger, and
ate sweet porridge as often as they wanted.
Soon the girl went into the forest to gather firewood and was gone a long time. Her mother became hungry,
and put the pot on the stove and said, “Cook, little pot, cook.” And it did cook, and she ate until she was
full. But when she wanted the pot to stop cooking, but she did not remember the words.
So the little pot went on cooking and the porridge rose over the edge. And still it cooked on until the kitchen
and whole house were full.
As the little pot kept on cooking, the porridge flooded the next house, and then the whole street, just as if it
wanted to satisfy the hunger of the whole world.
It was terrible, and no one knew how to stop it. At last when only one single house in the village remained
empty, the girl came home and saw what had happened.
She shouted, “Stop, little pot, stop!” And the pot stopped cooking.
But the only way the villagers could return to their homes was to eat their way through the porridge.
Source: https://storytellingforeveryone.net/sweet-porridge/
