The document explains narrative text, describing its purpose, structure, and characteristics. It outlines various types of narrative texts, such as fairy tales and myths, and provides an example of Cinderella's story while highlighting critical components like orientation, complication, and resolution. It also includes discussion questions for better understanding and encourages the creation of a fairy tale as an exercise.

1. Narative Text
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2. What is Narative Text Purpose of Narative Text
Language Characteristic Structure of Narrative Text
Narative Tect
Types of narrative text

3. Narrative text is a non-fiction story
which can be in the form of fairy tales,
myths, folk tales, animal stories, and so
on.
What is Narative
Text

4. Purpose of Narative Text
The purpose of Narative Text to provide
entertainment to listeners or readers

5. The introductory part of a narrative
text which consists of the time setting,
setting of place, and descriptions of the
characters told in the writing.
Structure of Narrative Text
Orientation
Complication
The second structure in narrative text
is a complication which contains the
conflict, problem or crisis that occurs in
the story.

6. The final part of a narrative text is the
resolution, which describes how the
conflict problems that arise in the
complication can be resolved. This
resolution can also be a happy or sad
ending to the story.
Structure of Narrative Text
Resolution

7. - Generally use pronouns such as “I, we,
she, and he” because they only focus on
one character and are usually individuals
- Narrative text is generally arranged in Past
Tense sentences, such as Simple Past Tense,
Past Continuous, etc
- Some narrative texts usually use dialogue
to increase the reader's imagination
Language
Characteristic

8. One day, a cat and a fox were having a conversation.
The fox, who was a conceited creature, boasted how
clever she was. "Why, I know at least a hundred tricks
to get away from our mutual enemies, the dogs," she
said.
Example
Suatu hari, kucing dan rubah sedang mengobrol
dengan asiknya. Rubah adalah makhluk yang
sombong, membual tentang betapa pintarnya
dia. "Kenapa, setidaknya aku tahu seratus trik
untuk menjauhi musuh kita bersama, anjing",
katanya.

9. Folklore Fable
Mystery
Romance/Love
Story
Myth
Legend
Types of narrative text
Horor
Fairy Tale
Adventure Stories
Historical Narrative

10. In a village, there lived a happy family
consisting of father, mother, and a girl
named Cinderella. One day, something sad
happened to the family, where Cinderella’s
mother died, and finally her father
remarried to a widow who already had two
daughters.
Cinderella

11. Cinderella’s father works outside the village and
always leaves Cinderella with her stepmother and
stepsister. Stepmother and stepbrother being
treated like a slave. Cinderella very sad and hope
her father soon go home.
One day, the court officials announcement that the
palace prince was doing a contest looking for the
empress. So, all the girls were invited to come to
the palace. Cinderella’s stepbrother was busy
decorating herself with fancy dresses and jewelry to
go to the party.

12. Cinderella is sad because she was not allowed
to come, and she doesn’t have a good clothes.
But it turns out Cinderella’s sadness is known to
the fairy mother, finally the fairy mother
bewitching Cinderella’s tattered clothes into a
beautiful dress and a pair of glass slippers. And
also the mice became bodyguards while the
pumpkin in Cinderella’s kitchen turned into a
chariot. The fairy advised that the magic power
would disappear at exactly 12 o’clock at night.
But she can keep the glass slippers.

13. Arriving at the palace all the girls looked at
Cinderella’s envy because they were
beautiful and graceful, the prince invited
Cinderella to dance. Until Cinderella forgot
that it was almost 12.00, finally the palace
clock chimed and Cinderella was shocked
and ran from before the prince, but the glass
shoes were released one. And right, all
returned to the beginning, except for the
glass shoes that the prince and cinderella

14. Finally, the prince is looking for the girl who
dances with him, and searches for every
house that has a daughter, until he comes to
Cinderella’s house, even though her
stepmother tells Cinderella to hide but the
prince finds out. Finally Cinderella marries
the prince and lives in the palace.

15. 1.Who is the main character in the story?
Question
2.What type of narrative text does the story belong
to?
3.In generic structure of narrative text, what do we call
paragraph 1?
6. Based on the messenger from the
kingdom, what seems to be the main purpose
of the royal ball?
4.What does paragraph 2 tell us about?
5.How did Cinderella’s stepmother and
stepsister when her father works outside the
village?

16. Question
7.What is the present from the fairy godmother
that Cinderella can keep for herself?
8.Will the magic of the fairy godmother last forever? How
do you know it?
10. In generic structure of narrative text, what
do we call the last paragraph?
9.Why did Cinderella run away when she
heard the sound of the clock’s bell?

17. Exercise
Create a fairy tale with
a free topic, minimum
4 paragraphs !

18. Conclusion
Share your opinion / idea !

19. Thank You
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