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NARRATIVE

Teks naratif adalah teks yang isinya cerita (fiksi/non fiksi/dongeng/cerita rakyat, dll) dan dalam alur cerita /plotnya selalu disertai dengan puncak masalah/ klimaks cerita (complication) kemudian diikuti dengan penyelesaian masalah (Resolution)

Generic Structures: bentuk umum dari narrative teks

Orientation - Complication - Evaluation (optional) - Resolution

explanation (penjelasan)

• Orientation: it is about WHO, WHEN, and WHERE the story happened. orientation: berisi tentang SIAPA, KAPAN, dan DIMANA cerita itu terjadi 
• Evaluation: it is optional, it is usually used to make the story more interesting. evaluation: adalah pilihan, itu biasanya dibuat supaya cerita lebih menarik.
• Complication: it is about the conflict or the big problem of the story. A story can have more than one complication. Complication: adalah tentang konflik atau permasalahan inti yang ada di dalam cerita. cerita bisa mempunyai lebih dari satu complication.
• Resolution: it is the solution of the problem. It can be a happy or sad ending. resolution: adalah solusi dari permasalahan di cerita. itu bisa berakhir senang ataupun berakhir sedih.

Example:

                      

Snow White

Orientation

Once upon a timethere lived a little girl named Snow White. She livedwith her Aunt and Uncle because her parents weredead.

Major Complication

One dayshe heard her Uncle and Aunt talkingabout leaving Snow White in the castle because they bothwanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.

Resolution

Snow Whitedid 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 whenher Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran awayinto the woods.

Complication

She was very tired and hungry.

Resolution

Then she sawthis little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep.

Complication

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’.

Major Resolution

Doc said, ‘If you wish, you may live here with us”. Snow White said, ‘Oh could(I) ?.Thankyou’. Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.