This document provides information about two types of reading texts: narratives and recounts. It defines narratives as stories that can be imaginary or real, and notes they typically have an orientation, complication, and resolution. Recounts are used to retell past events and usually have an orientation, events, and reorientation structure. The document provides examples and linguistic features of each text type, such as the use of past tense verbs and time adverbials. It also lists different categories of narratives and recounts.

1. READING : Narrative & Recount
BY : Diyan Novika

2. TYPES OF READING TEXT :
 NARRATIVE
 RECOUNT
 PROCEDURE
 SPOOF
 REPORT
 NEWS ITEM
 DISCUSSION
 DESCRIPTIVE
 EXPLANATION
 EXPOSITION
 REVIEW

3. NARRATIVE vs RECOUNT
NARRATIVE
RECOUNT

4. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this unit you should be able to:
oUnderstand the features of a narrative
oUnderstand the grammatical features related to a
narrative
oSolve the item problems in creative ways
oInfer the moral value from the story
oDescribe events as well as characters
oCompose a story
oWrite personal essay

5. LEARNING MATERIAL of
NARRATIVE TEXT
THE DEFINITION OF NARRATIVE
Narrative is a piece of writing that tells a
story. The story can be imaginary or
based on a real incident.

6. The Function :
 to inform and entertain the readers
 to tell the story with amusing way

7. ORGANIZATION OF THE TEXT :
 ORIENTATION
– Introducing the participants and informing the time and the place
 COMPLICATION
– Describing the rising crises which the participants have to do with
 RESOLUTION
– Showing the way of participant to solve the crises, better or
worse

8. LINGUISTIC FEATURES :
 TENSE : THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
S + V 2 + O
EXAMPLE : There was a little girl named
Cinderella.
She lived with her step mother
and step sisters.
They didn’t like Cinderella.

9. DIRECT SPEECH / QUOTED SPEECH :
 Cinderella said, “ My name is Cinderella.”
 The dwarf said,” If you wish, you may live
here with us.”
“Oh, dreadfully !” said the princess.

10. TYPE OF NARRATIVE :
 Romance
 Adventure
 Legend
 Fabel
 Myth
 Folktale
 Mysteries,
 Fantasy
 Science or Realistic
fiction

11. THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT SPEECH :
To show the real words of the speaker.

12. INDIRECT SPEECH / REPORTED SPEECH :
 He told her that she couldn’t eat bananas.
 In the morning they asked her how she had slept.
 She answered that her name was Snow white.
 She said that she wanted to leave with the
al l seven dwarfs.

13. ADVERB OF TIME :
 Once upon a time
 Long time ago
 Once
 One day
 One Sunday morning

14. THE EXAMPLES OF NARRATIVE :
 CINDERELLA
 THE ROMEO AND JULIET
 HERCULES
 THE FOX AND THE BIRD
 THE SILVER FISH
 JACK AND THE
BEANSTALK

15. SMART PARROT
(ORIENTATION)
 Once upon time, a man had a wonderful parrot. There
was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every
word, except one word. The parrot could not say the
name of its master. The name of its master was
Bambang.

16. (COMPLICATION)
The man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could
not understand why the parrot would not say his name
Bambang. The man tried to teach the bird to say Bambang,
however the bird kept not saying the word.
At the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very
angry. “You stupid, idiot bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why
can’t you say the word? Say Bambang! Or I will kill you” the man
said angrily. Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not
say it. Then the man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and
over; “Say Bambang or I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the
word of Bambang.

17. One day, after he had been trying so many times
to make the bird say Bambang, the man really
got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked
the parrot and threw it into the chicken house.
There were four old chickens for next dinner “You
are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay with
them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued
to humble; “You know, I will cut the chicken for
my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will eat you
too, stupid idiot parrot”. After that he left the
chicken house.

18.  (RESOLUTION)
The next day, the man came back to the
chicken house. He opened the door and was
very surprised. He could not believe what he
saw at the chicken house. There were three
death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the
parrot was standing proudly and screaming at
the last old chicken; “Say Bambang or I’ll kill
you”.

19. RECOUNT
PURPOSE :
to retell/report the
event happened in
the past

20. ORGANIZATION OF THE TEXT :
 ORIENTATION
 EVENTS
 REORIENTATION

21. FORMS OF RECOUNT :
 PERSONAL RECOUNT
This retells a writer’s personal experience in
the past
 FACTUAL RECOUNT
This retells an event that has actually
happened in the past
 IMAGINATIVE RECOUNT
This retells an imaginary event in the past
 HISTORICAL RECOUNT
This retell a historical event happened in the
past

22. TYPES OF RECOUNT :
 DIARIES
 JOURNALS
 BIOGRAPHIES
 LETTERS
 AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
 HISTORICAL EVENTS

23. LINGUISTIC FEATURES :
 TENSE : THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
S + V 2 + O
EXAMPLE : My father died when I was a
child.
Last Sunday morning, my
family and I went to Ragunan
zoo together.
We played football that day.
Fenny didn’t feel very well .

24. ADVERB OF TIME :
 Yesterday
 A few years ago
 Last Sunday morning
 Two weeks ago
 Last semester

25. THE EXAMPLES OF RECOUNT :
 A MEMORABLE DAY AT THE BEACH
 MY FIRST DAY AT KINDERGARTEN
 MY LITTLE DAUGHTER HAD A FEVER
 MY TRIP TO TANGKUBAN PERAHU