Narrative Text
Narrative Text Communicative purpose is to entertain listeners or readers on a story related to the past experience of the real, imaginary or complicated events that led to a crisis, and ultimately find a solution.
Structure of Narrative Text consists of three parts:
1. Orientation
In the Orientation section contains the introduction of the characters in the story along with the time and
place it happened.
2. Complication
In the Complication section contains an overview of the crisis or problem experienced by the characters
in the story to be solved.
3. Resolution
On the Resolution contained about how the characters of the story to solve the existing problems in the
Complication. Usually there is more than one for a Complication Resolution.
Snow White
Orientation
Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead.
Complication
One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.
Snow White did not want her Uncle and Aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods.
Resolution
Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, “what is your name?” Snow White said, “My name is Snow White.”
Doc, one of the dwarfs, said, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and finally Snow White and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.
