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Narative Text

Definition of narrative text

Narrative text is a kind of text to retell the imaginative or factual story that past tense

The purpose of Narative text

The aim of narrative text is to entertain the readers throught the amusing story. (menghibur
menghibur para pembaca dengan ceritanya yang menarik.

Kinds of narrative text

The kind of narrative text, such as:

 Fable cerita yang mengisahkan tentang hewan eq the sura dan baya
 Myth mitos yang dianggap factual atau benar terjadi (nyonyorkidul
 Legend (asal muasal suatu tempat namun belum bisa dipastikan)
 Khayalan (fairytales) misteri (mysteries), cerita seram (horror stories), sci-fi (science fiction)
Romansa (romance)

Generic structure

1 orientation

Bagian pembuka dari sebuah text narasi. Bagian ini mengenalkan tokoh dalam cerita serta latar
terjadinya cerita yang meliputi latar tempat, waktu, suasana, dan keadaan sosial/setting.

2. complication

Bagian ini berisi permasalahan atau konflik yang muncul

3. resolution : penyelesaian konfik

4. re-orientation ungkapan-ungkapan penutup yang menunjukkan berakhirnya suatu cerita

Language future

Past tense eq went, ate met

Time connection

after, before, after that


1) Sura and Baya
A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of
a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.
Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a
goat."Yummy, this is my lunch," said Baya. "No way! This is my lunch. You are
greedy" said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After several hours, they were
very tired.
Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the
water and Baya lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never
fight again.
One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was
very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he
knew that Sura broke the promise.They fought again. They both hit each other. Sura
bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally
gave up and Awent back to the sea. Baya was happy.

1. What is the type of the text above?


a. Recount
b. Narrative
c. Descriptive
d. Spoof
2. What is the type of the text?
a. Science fiction
b. Fairy Tale
c. Fable
d. Mhyts
3. How many characters in this story?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
4. Why are they fighting?
a. Because Looking for some food
b. Because Sura hates Baya
c. Because of goat
d. Because hungry
5. Where did the story happen? (paragraph 4)
a. Forest
b. River
c. Beach
d. Sea
6. Who was looking for some food?
a. Sura and Goat
b. Goat and Baya
c. Sura and Baya
d. Sura, Baya and Goat
7. What was the border between Sura and Baya?
a. Sea
b. Wood
c. Hill
d. Beach
8. He bit very hard… (paragraph 4), “He” refers to…
a. Sura
b. Baya
c. Goat
d. Whale
9. "No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy"…. (Paragraph 2), “Greedy”
what does the similar mean?
a. Stingy
b. Polite
c. Selfish
d. Wicked
10. What lessons can we learn in this story?
a. Don’t be greedy and keep our promise
b. Never forget your parents’ services
c. Mother’s prays are God will
d. Everytime you lie, you will continue to lie to cover up your lies

2) The Story of Lake Toba


Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. His
named was Toba. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field. He did some gardening
and fishing for his daily life.
One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap.
It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned
into a beautiful princess. He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She
said; "Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once
a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster". The man made the deal and they got
married, lived happily and had a daughter.
Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in
the fields. One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch.
Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a
fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt
sad that her husband had broken his promise.
Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was
about to come. When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake
followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba
Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir.

1. Where did the background story happen?


a. West Sumatra
b. East Sumatra
c. North Sumatra
d. South Sumatra
2. What was the man job?
a. Gardening and Planting
b. Planting and Fishing
c. Fishing and Gardening
d. Gardening and Teaching
3. When did the man catch the golden fish?
a. When he was in the river
b. While the man was fishing
c. When he was gardening
d. While the man planting
4. Where is the complication steps in this story?
a. Line 1-2
b. Line 4-6
c. Line 12-14
d. Line 15-17
5. Why Toba angry with her daughter?
a. Because Toba lunch eaten by his children
b. Because she lates bringing her father’s lunch
c. Because his wife told to her daughter to run up the hills
d. Because his wife broke the promise
6. Why his wife angry with him?
a. Because the man caught her
b. Because children lunch eaten by her father
c. Because the man broke the promise
d. Because she heartbroken of her
7. Why her mother told her daughter to run up the hills?
a. Because the man angry with his daughter
b. Because her daughter ate her father’s lunch
c. Because a huge earthquake was coming
d. Because a huge disaster will come
8. One day, his daughter was so hungry… (Paragraph 3), “His” refers to…
a. The man
b. Mother
c. Children
d. The golden fish
9. A huge disaster was about to come… (Paragraph 4), “Huge” what does the
similar mean?
a. Big
b. Small
c. Tiny
d. Tall
10. What lessons can we learn in this story?
a. Father has to care to his daughter
b. Children must obey their mother
c. Mother’s prays are God will
d. It is not good to break our promise

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