Narrative Text

Narrative text is imaginary stories. The purpose of the text is to amuse or entertain the readers or the listeners.
The examples of narrative text include stories, fables, mystery stories, science fictions, romance, and horror.

Structure of the text
1. Orientation
The beginning of the story that tells who the characters are, when and where the
story takes place.

2. Complication
The middle of the story tells what happened to the characters.

3. Resolution
The end of the story tells how the characters solve the problems.

4. Re-orientation
Some narratives have a ‘re-orientation’ or coda which returns the listener or
reader to the present and provide a kind of thematic summation of
the events- rather like the moral at the end of a fable. This stage is common in
spoken narratives and is optional- which means that it isn’t
necessary to a complete narrative. It depends on the individual narrator whether
it is included.

Language Feature
a. Mostly use verbs in past forms.
b. Use speech marks when the characters are speaking.
c. Use some adverbs to indicate time.
d. Use some relating verbs (was, were) to begin the story.