Narrative Text

 

Narrative is a story that might be a fiction (an imagination story) or non-fiction (a real story). The purpose (social functions:

To entertain or amuse the readers or listeners.

To teach a lesdon, like knowing right or wrong. 

To present the story of human actions in such a way that they are perceived by the audience  to be true. 

The steps in a narrative:

Orientation: 

It introduces the characters and setting. It contains about WHO were involved in the story, WHEN and WHERE. 

Complication: 

It presents the problems or conflict in the story. It contains a problem which arises followed by other problems. Complication explores the conflict in the story. It shows the rising crisis or rising action, and climax of the story. 

Resolution: 

It is the sokution of the problem or the ending of the story. It shows the situation which the oriblems have been resolved with happy or sad ending. 

A narrative text usually has the following components:

Characterization: a description or the distinctive nature or feature (it can be physical, emotional, mental and social qualities) of someone or something to distinguish one individual from another. 

Setting: the time and place when or where the story taken place. 

Plot: the sequence of events that make up a story

Orientation: Introduction to the characters, setting and directions of the story. 

Complication: struggles ir problems faced by the characters. 

Climax: the oeak point of the problem or the highest point of tension in the story. 

Resolution: the end if the story. 

Moral: the lessons that story teaches to the readers.