This document defines and provides examples of the key linguistic features of a narrative text. A narrative text tells a story through a series of events. It typically includes an orientation to introduce characters and setting, a series of events that advance the plot, and a reorientation to conclude the story. Language features include using simple past tense and clause time to indicate sequencing through words like "when", "after", and "before". The document provides a sample narrative text as an example to demonstrate these generic story structure and language elements.