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NARRATIVE TEXT. What a hell is this?????????. N arrative is kind of text that’s used to entertain and amuse the readers. It is a fiction text. Language Features: The use of action verbs The use of adverbs, adjective, and noun phrase The use of past forms The use of conjunctions
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NARRATIVE TEXT What a hell is this?????????
Narrative is kind of text that’s used to entertain and amuse the readers. It is a fiction text. • Language Features: • The use of action verbs • The use of adverbs, adjective, and noun phrase • The use of past forms • The use of conjunctions • The use of reported speech • The use of passive voice • Generic structure (steps) : • Orientation • Complication • Climax • Resolution (conclusion) • Reorientation – optional (moral value) Kinds : Folktales (dongeng) 2. Fable (dongengbinatang) 3. Fairytales 4. Legend 5. Myth
Babu and the Lion One day, there was a slave whose name was Babu. His master was very, very bad. You know, he often punched Babu and did not offer him food for days. Poor Babu! So he escaped into a forest and slept in a cave. (ORIENTATION) Next morning, he heard a loud roar. In front of him...., at the mouth of the cave..., was a very big lion. You see, Babu was scared to death! Kind of scary, isn’t it? But he could not escape. But the lion didn’t attack him. It was tame.(COMPLICATION) There was a large thorn in its right front foot. The lion lookedatBabu. It seemed to say something like:”Please help me. It’s very painful.” Babu walked bravely to the lion and pulled out the thorn. (CLIMAX) Babu and the lion turned out to be friends. (RESOLUTION) (Adapted from GB Shaw’s play: Androcles and the Lion)
Babu and the Lion One day, there was a slave whose name was Babu. His master was very, very bad. You know, he often punched Babu (Adj) (S. PAST TENSE) and did not offer him food for days. Poor Babu! So he escaped into a forest and slept in a cave. (CONJUNCTION) Next morning, he heard a loud roar. In front of him...., at the (ADVERB) mouth of the cave..., was a very big lion. You see, Babu (noun phrase) was scared to death! Kind of scary, isn’t it? But he could not escape. But the lion didn’t attack him. It was tame. There was a large thorn in its right front foot. The lion looked at Babu. It seemed to say something like:”Please help me. It’s very painful.”(Reported speech)
Babu walked bravely to the lion and pulled out the thorn. Babu and the lion turned out to be friends. (Adapted from GB Shaw’s play: Androcles and the Lion)
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