Narrative Text

Part 1

Bawang Putih and Bawang Merah

 

A long time ago, in a nice quite village, there lived a wealthy merchant, he lived together with his daughter who was named Bawang Putih. This merchant's wife had long since passed away. The merchant was very fond of his daughter. Because she was obedient and kind-hearted.

One day, as he came home from travelling, he brought a woman and her daughter along with him. He wanted to marry this woman. So, Bawang Putih now had a stepmother and a stepsister who is named Bawang Merah.

When her father went to trade, her stepmother and Bawang Merah would treat Bawang Putih like a servant. Bawang Putih did all the work that was ordered by her stepmother. She cleaned the house, cooked, washed clothes, and looked for firewood. If Bawang Putih's work went wrong, her stepmother would punish her by not feeding her.

Bawang Putih got a lot of suffering from her stepmother and stepsisters, but that didn't change her nature, which was patient, hard working, kind and obedient. After going through many sufferings, Bawang Putih lived safely and quietly because her stepmother and stepsister disappeared.

My Video:

Narrative is a story or description of a series of events. These events generally occur in the past. The purpose of this text is to entertain the reader with an interesting story. Narrative text usually contains moral values ​​that can be learned by the reader.

The purpose of this text is to entertain the reader about a story or stories written by the author and at the same time imply a moral message to be conveyed to the reader.

 

Types of narrative text:

1. Adventure stories

2. Fables

Stories whose characters are animals, but show human-like behavior such as talking.

3. Fairy-stories

Stories that are generally fantasy or full of magic.

4. Historical narratives

5. Horror stories

6. Legends

The story told is based on facts, but the characters don't really exist.

7. Myth

The story tries to explain about the world and how we should react to it.

8. Mysteries

9. Science fiction

10. Slice of life

 

Text Structure:

1. Orientation

Contains an introduction to the main story, characters/characters, place, and time of the story we want to write.

2. Complications

Contains conflicts that exist in the story to the climax point

3. Evaluation

Usually contains the insertion of an assessment or evaluation of the story or the existing conflict.

4. Resolution

Shows solutions or resolutions to existing conflicts.

5. Re-orientation

Contains the author who provides a moral message, advice, or lesson in the closing section for the reader that comes from the story.

This is my test score on the first try: