Narrative Text

Introduction to Narrative Text

By:
Ajerin Karim, S.Pd

NARRATION

GENERIC STRUCTURE OF
NARRATIVE
ORIENTATION
EVALUATION
COMPLICATION
RESOLUTION
RE-ORIENTATION

What is narrative

It deals with problematic events and lead

to a crisis and find a resolution
It is often used to amuse or entertain
others.
It is a kind of text that tell a factual or
imaginative story or experience in the
past.

Sets the scene or

circumstance where the story
happened and introduces
characters

e.g:
Once upon a day in a hill far
away teletubies came to play.

EVALUATION

THIS PHASE IS A
STEPPING BACK TO
EVALUATE THE PLIGHT

COMPLICATION
The phase in which the
crisis arise even come to
climax or peak of the crisis.
e.g:
Suddenly came a very wild large
tiger. There was nowhere to escape for
them. They got scared and cried. What
they could do was hope and pray. They

RESOLUTION
Resolution is a stage
in which the crisis is
resolved for better or
sad. We usually call
happy and sad ending.

REORIENTATION
This the last stage of the
narrative. It usually contains the
writer comments and advantage
we can draw from others
experience so that we do not do a
foolish thing or mistake done by
others.

Now..

We come at the end

of our presentation.