Narrative text
adalah teks yang menceritakan tentang kejadian, entah itu nyata, khayalan atau
fiksi. Teks ini lebih fokus pada bagaimana suatu kejadian itu terjadi. Tujuan
dari narrative text adalah untuk
menghibur pembaca, atau untuk pembelajaran.
Narrative text
terdiri dari tiga bagian:
The
orientation :
bagian ini memperkenalkan para tokoh cerita, setting tempat dan juga setting
waktu.
The
Complication :
bagian ini menjelaskan masalah yang ada dalam cerita dan cara penyelesaian
masalah tersebut.
The resolution : bagian ini menjelaskan
bagaimana cerita tersebut berakhir.
Narrative text
biasanya menggunakan simple past tense.
Berikut saya berikan contoh beberapa narrative text
dalam bahasa Inggris.
Landi the Porcupine
There was a porcupine named Landi. He was lonely. No one
wanted to play with him because they were afraid of his spikes.
“Dear Landi. We don’t want to play with you because your
spikes are too sharp. We don’t want you to hurt us,” Said Cici the rabbit one
day.
“Cici is right, Landi. It is not because you are bad or
rude to us. No, Landi! Just because of your spikes. They will stab us when we
come close to you,” Said Tito the rooster.
Landi felt lonely. He murmured, “Why don’t they want to
play with me?”
Landi spent most of the time day dreaming at the river
bank. “I would have lots of friends and play with them if no spikes were on my
body. I would be happy. I would not be lonely like this. What a shame!”
Suddenly, Kuku the turtle appeared from the river. He
came to Landi and said, “Landi, what are you thinking of?”
“Oh, nothing,” Landi replied.
“Don’t lie to me, Landi. Please tell me your problem. Who
knows I can help you,” Kuku said wisely. Then he sat beside Landi. He wasn’t
afraid of Landi’s spikes.
Shortly, Landi told Kuku his problem. Kuku nodded his
head. He said, “Poor you. but it is not your fault. I know, your spikes are
very useful and helpful to you. Your friends will realize it someday. Trust me,
Landi..”
“Thanks Kuku. You are really my best friend. You are the
only one here who wants to be my friend.”
One day, Sam the frog held his birthday party. He invited
all his friends, including Landi. But he decided not to come. He didn’t want to
mess up the party.
“I’ll come with you, Landi. I’ll tell everyone that you
are harmless,” said Kuku. Finally, Landi attended the party. Every one enjoyed it.
Suddenly, Tito ran here and there screaming, “Help …help
…! The evil wolf is coming. Save yourselves!” then everyone ran to save their
lives, except Kuku and Landi. Kuku pulled his head and legs into his shell.
Landi rolled his body into a ball.
Unintentionally, the evil wolf stepped his foot on Landi.
Of course, the spikes pricked him. He screamed, “Ouch!” Since his foot was
bleeding, he didn’t chase Landi’s friends any longer. Then he ran away.
“Horray … horray …! Long live Landi! He saved our lives,”
said Cici and her friends. Everyone shook Landi’s hand and thanked him. From then on, Landi
wasn’t lonely anymore. His friends knew that his spikes would not hurt anyone,
unless they wanted to hurt Landi.
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