NARRATIVE TEXT
- Pengertian :
Narrative Text adalah teks yang berfokus kepada subjek-subjek
tertentu, baik fakta maupun fiksi, yang dikaitkan dengan sebuah kejadian
menarik (menghibur). Narrative Text hanya diperuntukan sebagai penjelas kejadian yang terjadi di masa lampau yang telah terjadi.
-Struktur :
1. Orientation
Orientation merupakan bagian
awal dari narrative text in English. Pada bagian ini, tokoh-tokoh dalam
cerita diperkenalkan. Selain itu, waktu dan tempat terjadinya cerita
juga dijelaskan. Paragraph pertama disebut orientation
karena dalam paragraph ini berisi tentang aspek-aspek 5w1H ( What,
Where, Why, Who, When dan How) yang akan mengungkapkan mengenai
kejadian-kejadian beserta seluruh partisipannya. Penulis juga
diperkenankan untuk menjelaskan event kecil yang berfungsi sebagai
pendahulu sebelum memasuki paragrap complication.
2. Complication
Complication merupakan bagian
dari narrative text in English yang mengungkapkan masalah atau konflik
yang terjadi pada tokoh utama dalam teks. Setelah diperkenalkan kepada seluruh tokoh yang
terlibat dalam cerita, pembaca akan dibawa kepada sebuah paragraf dimana
masalah atau konflik mulai muncul dan kemudian menjadi kian genting.
Paragraph ini harus berada setelah paragraph Orientation, untuk
mengurangi disorientasi cerita pada pembaca.
3. Resolution
Resolution merupakan bagian
dari narrative text in English yang berisi tentang penyelesaian masalah
yang terjadi pada tokoh utama dalam teks. Bagian ini dapat berupa akhir
yang baik, atau sebaliknya. Kemudian, konflik yang sudah sedemikian rupa jangan
biarkan menggantung. Penulis harus menggambarkan sebuah jalan yang dapat
menyelesaikan konflik tersebut secraa instan. Karena tujuan utama
penulisan
Narrative Text adalah untuk menghibur, maka hasil
akhirnya-pun harus menghibur. Dalam artian memihak protagonis. Dan semua
itu terangkum dalam paragraph resolution.
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Contoh :
The Legend of Rawa Pening
Kancil
and Crocodile Story
(Favorite
Story from Indonesia)
Kancil, the small but clever
mouse deer, had many enemies in the forest. Fortunately, he was quick-witted,
so that every time his life was threatened, he managed to escape.
One of his greatest enemies
was Crocodile, who lived in the river that bordered the forest. Many times
Crocodile had tried to capture the small mouse deer. Crocodile was big, but he
was not very clever. Kancil was able to trick him every time.
One day it was very hot.
There was no wind at all to refresh the thirsty plants and trees of the forest.
It was in the middle of the dry season. For many weeks no rain had fallen so
that the little creeks where the small animals used to drink had dried up.
Kancil was walking alone in the forest; he was very thirsty. He had walked a
long way; looking for a brook where he could quench his thirst, but he had
found only dry mud in the once gay rippling brooks. It was very quiet in the
forest. All the animals seemed to sleep. Even the birds did not sing in the
trees. Kancil finally decided to go to the river that bordered the forest.
Usually he avoided going there as he knew that Crocodile was always on the
look-out for him, waiting for an opportunity to catch him.
When he arrived at the river.
Kancil looked cautiously around him. There was no body to be seen. The clear
river water mirrored blindly the rays of the sun. step by step Kancil
approached the water. His sharp eyes looked right and left; his pointed ears
strained to catch the slightest sound. But no danger seemed to threaten him
this time. Relieved, he bent his head to enjoy the cool water. Suddenly, his
glance fell upon an object that was floating not far away from where he stood.
It was a blackish thing. It looked like a fallen branch ………. Or, like the back
of crocodile! Kancil jumped back, surprised and thoughtful. But he was also
very thirsty. How could he possibly know whether the thing there in the river
was really a log or a crocodile? Then he smiled a little as he hit upon
an idea. In a clear voice he shouted, “ Hey! There, you who are in the river.
If you are crocodile, don’t answer me, but if you are only a long of wood, tell
me your name!”
Now it was really Crocodile
who was floating in the river. He had seen Kancil approaching and he was
waiting for him to bend his head to drink. At the very moment when Kancil did
not look. Crocodile would catch him. Without thinking any further, Crocodile
answered Kancil in his gruff voice, “Don’t be afraid, I’m only a harmless log!”
Immediately, Kancil ran away
as fast as his leg could carry him, while shouting over his shoulder, “O,
stupid Crocodile, have you ever heard a log of wood talk?”
A fortnight later, however,
Kancil forgot this incident. The dry season was not over yet and it seemed to
be hotter than ever. Kancil remembered the cool, fresh river water. How
wonderful it would be take a bath in it! He decided to try his luck once again.
This time there was nothing suspicious to be seen, so Kancil went to the water
and drank to his heart’s content. It was very quite, and also very hot. Without
thinking any further Kancil went down into the river and began to splash
himself. In his delight he forgot all about danger. He pick up a dry twig that
was floating by and began to beat the water with it. He made so much noise that
he woke up….who else, but old crocodile who was sleeping in the neighborhood.
“Well, well, this seem to be
my lucky day,” thought Crocodile. In a flash he shot out of his hiding place
and all of a sudden. Kancil felt sharp teeth biting into one of his legs. It
hurt him very much, but though he was shocked and frightened Kancil did not
lose his wits. Without hesitation he dipped the dry twig into the water and in
a mocking tone he said, “stupid old log of wood, do you really think you have
got me? It is only a twig you have in your mouth, not my leg. Here is my leg’
catch it if you can!”
Kancil moved the twig rapidly
to and in front of Crocodile’s eyes. Crocodile could not see very well in the
water and above all, he really was blockhead! He believed the clever tal of the
little mouse deer, released kancil’s leg and snapped his jaw on the twig. Of
course, kancil did not wait one second to jump out of the water and run to the
safety of the woods. Though his leg was very sore, he laughed heartily. Once
more he had tricked Crocodile.
Terima kasih telah mengunjungi kami
Sampai berjumpa kali :)
The Legend of Rawa Pening
Once
upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village.
He was very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for
some food, but nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little
boy.
Finally,
a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the
boy wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden
mortar for pounding rice. She reminded him, “please remember, if there
is a flood you must save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”. The
“lesung” was happy and thanked the old woman.The little boy continued
his journey. While he was passing through the village, he saw many
people gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw a stick
stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to pull out that
stick. Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded. “Can I try?” asked the
little boy. The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck
so he stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very
easily. Everybody was dumbfounded.
Suddenly,
from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until
it flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the
little boy and the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As
she told him, he used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old
woman. The whole village became a huge lake. It is now known as Rawa
Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia.
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The Legend of Rawa Pening
- Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)
- Complication : Where the problems in the story developed. (Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)
- Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai, --- secara baik "happy ending" ataupun buruk "bad ending".
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- Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)
- Complication : Where the problems in the story developed. (Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)
- Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai, --- secara baik "happy ending" ataupun buruk "bad ending".
- See more at: http://www.englishindo.com/2013/08/narrative-text.html#sthash.1E94mX49.dpuf
- Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)
- Complication : Where the problems in the story developed. (Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)
- Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai, --- secara baik "happy ending" ataupun buruk "bad ending".
- See more at: http://www.englishindo.com/2013/08/narrative-text.html#sthash.1E94mX49.dpuf
- Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)
- Complication : Where the problems in the story developed. (Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)
- Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai, --- secara baik "happy ending" ataupun buruk "bad ending".
- See more at: http://www.englishindo.com/2013/08/narrative-text.html#sthash.1E94mX49.dpuf
- Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)
- Complication : Where the problems in the story developed. (Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)
- Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai, --- secara baik "happy ending" ataupun buruk "bad ending".
- See more at: http://www.englishindo.com/2013/08/narrative-text.html#sthash.1E94mX49.dpuf
- Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced.(berisi pengenalan tokoh, tempat dan waktu terjadinya cerita (siapa atau apa, kapan dan dimana)
- Complication : Where the problems in the story developed. (Permasalahan muncul / mulai terjadi dan berkembang)
- Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. Masalah selesai, --- secara baik "happy ending" ataupun buruk "bad ending".
- See more at: http://www.englishindo.com/2013/08/narrative-text.html#sthash.1E94mX49.dpuf
