Narrative Text

Purpose 

To amuse or entertain the readers with actual or imaginary experiences in difference ways. Narratives always deal with some problems which lead to the climax and then turn into a solution to the problem.    

Generic Structures

• Orientation (who were involved in the story, when and where)
• Complication (a problem arises followed by other problems)
• Resolution (solution to the problem)
• Reorientation (a closing remark, optional) 

Language Features 

• The use of noun phrase (a beautiful princess, a huge temple)
• The use of connectives (first, before that, finally, then)
• The use of adverbial phrase of time and place (in the garden, two days ago)
• The use of simple past tense (He walked away from the village)
• The use of action verbs (walk, sleep, run)
• The use of saying verbs (say, tell, ask)
• The use of thinking verbs, feeling verbs, verbs of senses (She felt hungry, she thought she was clever, she smelt something burning) 

Examples of Narrative Text

• The purse of Gold
• Three fish
• The Old Woman and the Sparrow 
• The Fox and The Goat
• A Hermit 

Quiz of Narrative Text

• Quiz 1
• Quiz 2
• Quiz 3