NARRATIVE TEXT

KELAS XI BAHASA DAN SASTRA INGGRIS

SMA NEGERI 1 DEMAK
Objective
• The students are get used of listening and telling a narrative Text.
What is a narrative Text?
• A narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people.
• Fairy Tale
• Fable
• Myth
• Legend
• History
• Romance
• Horror
Generic Structure
1.Orientation
2.Complication
3.Resolution
4.Reorientation
Generic Structure
# Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of
the story are introduced. The orientation sets the scene, mood, introduces
the character. Try to include ‘when’, ‘where’, ‘who’, ‘what’ in the section.

# Complication : Where the problems in the story developed.

(Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)

# Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai,

secara baik “happy ending” ataupun buruk “bad ending”.

# Coda / reorientation (optional) – lesson from the story

CHARACTER
• Protagonis (kind-hearted, wise, poor, patient, loving, patritic, etc).
• Antagonis (cruel, arogan, envy, evil, rough, etc.)
PLOT

CLIMAX

COMPLICATION

RESOLUTION

ORIENTATION
Purpose
The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with
a story.
Language Feature
• Past tense (killed, drunk, etc)
• Adverb of time (Once upun a time, one day, etc)
• Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)
• Specific character. The character of the story is specific, not general.
(Cinderella, Snow White, Alibaba, etc)
• Action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked, etc)
• Direct speech. It is to make the story lively. (Snow White said,”My
name is Snow White). The direct speech uses present tense.
 Example
Generic The Rabbit and the Turtle
Structure
Orientation One day a rabbit was boasting about how fast he could run. He was
laughing at the turtle for being so slow.

Complication Much to the rabbit’s surprise, the turtle challenged him to a race. The
rabbit thought this was a good joke and accepted the challenge. The fox
was to be the umpire of the race. As the race began, the rabbit raced
way ahead of the turtle, just like everyone thought.
The rabbit got to the halfway point and could not see the turtle
anywhere. He was hot and tired and decided to stop and take a short
nap. All this time the turtle kept walking step by step by step. He never
quit no matter how hot or tired he got. He just kept going.

Resolution However, the rabbit slept longer than he had thought and woke up. He
could not see the turtle anywhere! He went at full-speed to the finish
line but found the turtle there waiting for him.
INSIDE THE STORY
• It is a fable.
• Characters:
The rabbit: arrogan, fast runner
The turtle: move slow, never stop moving,
• Setting: race in a jungle. (belantara), on a day light,
PLOT:
• Orientation: the rabbit bullied the turtle.
• Complication:
C1; the rabbit dare the turtle to have a race
R1: the turtle accepted it
C2: The rabbit ran very fast
R2: The rabbit felt tired took a nap under a tree.
• C3: The turtle keep running.
• Resolution:The turtle won the race.
PRACTICE
THE ORIGIN OF SURABAYA

(do like the example)

1. Analyze the story using the generic structure.
2. Analyze the inside story of the text.
3. Do it in your blogspot.
4. Send the link in LMS.
• Once upon a time, in the northern part of East Java, there lived a scary giant
crocodile. He was the ruler of the river and a predator who was feared by all the
animals in the forest near the river. The name of the crocodile was Baya. He was
very good at hunting, so all of the animals in the jungle were afraid of him. Baya
lived in a river. In the sea, there lived a wild shark named Sura. He ruled the sea,
and every fish were scared of him. However, Sura felt bored because he ate fish
every day. He was curious about the river near the sea.
• One day he decided to go to the river. At the side of the river, there was a deer that
was drinking water. Sura felt hungry, so he swam silently to the edge and jumped
out to catch the deer. Sura was happy to get such delicious food. After eating the
deer, Sura became addicted. The next day, he hunted back on the river and got a
lot of food. After a couple of days, Baya became suspicious because it was harder
and harder for him to find prey. He started investigating what was happening.
When Baya saw Sura catched a little monkey in the river, Baya became angry.
“Hey Sura, what are you doing here? This is my territory. How dare you snatch
my prey.” Sura was not afraid of Baya – he challenged Baya to a fight. “Hey, I can
look for food anywhere I want. It’s not just your territory here. All animals are
free to look for food here. ”
• Finally, a fight could not be avoided, and the fight began. Because both of them
were strong, the fight was very long. For days, all of the animals in the forest were
disturbed by the fight. They couldn’t sleep. Finally, the two wild animals were
exhausted. No one won, and no one lost, because both of them were equally
strong. ”Sura, we better end this fight. I’m too tired.” “So am I, Baya. Okay, let’s
end this battle.” “Sura, first, we need to limit our hunting area. The end of the
river is the limit. Don’t you break the line, or you will feel the consequences.”
“Okay Baya, I accept this agreement.” Sura finally left the river and returned to
the sea. For months, the forest calmed down. There were no fights between Sura
and Baya, but Sura felt uneasy. He longed to eat deer meat like before. There were
a lot of fish in the sea, but it wasn’t enough for him . He couldn’t bear it, so
quietly, he swam toward the mouth of the river, “Ah, if I look for prey near the
river’s mouth, Baya won’t know because he lives further up the river.”
Unfortunately, no prey approached the mouth of the river. Sura was tired of
waiting. Finally, he swam up the river toward the forest. Sura wanted to go back to
the jungle again. This time, he would be careful not to be caught by Baya. “Hi hi
hi, I will catch the prey and immediately bring it out to sea, so Baya won’t see me.
Hi hi hi.”
• The plan was successful, and for months Sura hunted in the river without being discovered. Over time,
Baya became suspicious because again, his prey was reduced. But this time he didn’t see Sura on the river.
But he believed, this was Sura’s doing. “Hmmm, this must be Sura! Watch out, Sura!” Then, Baya prepared
plan. Baya found a deer but didn’t catch him right away. Instead, he hurt the deer’s leg so he couldn’t run
away. The deer was placed on the edge of the river, then Baya hid. A short time later, Sura swam up the
river and saw the injured deer. He felt excited because the deer was fat. “Wow, lucky me! Today, I’ll have a
feast! Na na na na.” Just as he was about to bring the deer to the sea, suddenly Baya confronted him . “Hey!
You sure are stubborn and shameless Sura! How greedy are you? Imagine, the fish in the sea are abundant,
but you are still hunting in my area.” “Hey Baya! If you want, you can hunt in the sea. I don’t forbid you.”
“Hmm, I don’t like fish, and I especially can’t stand the sea water.” “Well, it’s okay if you don’t want it. At
least I have offered it to you.” Sura answered lightly and dragged the deer to the sea. Baya got angry, then
attacked Sura. “Hey! Where do you think you’re bringing that deer?” “To the sea! I’ll eat it there.” “Bring
the deer here, I caught it to trap you.” “Well, it’s your fault you didn’t eat the deer yourself.” “You forgot
our agreement? This river is my territory!” “Hey, if there is water, there is me! This agreement is
ridiculous.” “Okay, then our agreement is cancelled. Now, the strongest one has the right to rule this area.”
• Finally, Baya attacked Sura, a fight couldn’t be prevented. This time it was even more exciting, no one
dared to approach the area of the fight. “Ah! Hiya!” “Grr” Sura always dodged his attacks, and Baya
became annoyed. When Sura was off guard, Baya managed to bite his tail. “Ouch, my tail!” Sura did not
want to lose. Both of them were in pain and seriously injured. However, Baya did not despair, he continued
to bite until Sura’s tail was cut off. Sura was in so much pain, he ran away leaving Baya towards the sea.
Since then, Sura has not dared to approach the river. And since he no longer had a tail, he couldn’t swim as
hard as he once had, “Argh it’s so painful, oh my!” To commemorate the fierce fight, the area where the two
animals fought was called Surabaya, and the name remains to this day.