Example Narrative Text Fable

A. Definition       

 A narrative is a text that tells a story and entertains the audience.     (narattive adalah teks yang menceritakan sebuah cerita dan menghibur para pembaca)

B. The Purpose of a Narrative

     That is to entertain or amuse the readers. (menghibur pembaca)

C. Generic Structure

    1. Orientation

         (Open the story about What, Who, Where, When the story begins)

    2. Complication

        (There are the problems to be solved by the persons in the story)

    3. Resolution 

        ( Solutions form the problem)

    4. Reorientation 

        (The feeling of ending story. It can be happy, sad, confuse ending)

 

D. Example Narrative Text (Contoh Narrative Text)

Kancil and An Elephant

Once upon a time, there lived a clever deer named Kancil. Kancil lived in the jungle , besides Kancil was smart animal, many animals knew Kancil could solve many problems. They loved Kancil because he is very helpful.

One day, Kancil was looking for food at the forest. It was dry season, so that the foods were reduced in the forest. Kancil walked so far to find the food under the heat of sun.  Because there was a hot sunny day,  Kancil felt thirsty and  he found a well.  When he drank  the water, suddenly Kancil was fallen  into the well. It is very deep well, Kancil could not come out to the land again.

"I will die in here, anybody help me?" screamed Kancil.

Noone heard Kancil's screaming. He felt cold because of water in the well.

"Help.... Help... Help me, Please...!" screamed Kancil again.

For  along time, there was no one who heard Kancil.   He felt so sad because he was trapped in the well. Fortunately, there was an elephant that wanted to drink.

"Hello Mr. Elephant," asked Kancil.

"Why are in the well?" asked Mr. Elephant surprisingly.

Kancil thought hard to make him went out the well.

"The world will be doomsday, so I hide in here," answered Kancil.

"Really? I don't want to die... Oh My God..." screamed Elephant.

"Follow me here, Mr." asked Kancil.

So, Elephant came into the well. So that, he came out to the land by climbing the Elephant's body. How a clever Kancil was. He could come out of the well. Then, Kancil helped Elephant to come out from the well by climbing by his trunk.