Narrative
1.
Basic
Purpose : to amuse, entertain and to deal with problematic
events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds
a resolution. To teach or inform, to change attitudes/social opinions.
2.
Generic
Structure :
Orientation : sets the scene and introduces the participants.
Evaluation : stepping back to evaluate the plight.
Complication : a crisis arises. Involves the main
characters.
Resolution : the crisis is resolved, for better or for worse, happily or
unhappily.
Reorientation (optional).
3. Language Feature :
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Use simple past tense.
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It is written in third
person.
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Set up one / more
problems.
4. Example :
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Generic Structure
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GULLER
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Lexicogrammatical
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Orientation
Complication
Resolution
Coda
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Long
time ago, there was a boy in small village. That boy was me, Guller.
One day when I sailed, my ship sank. I swam ashore to the island of
Liliput. I was very, very tired, so I fell asleep. Hundreds of tiny people
pulled me to ground with rope.
When I woke up, I made friends with the tiny people. They untied the
rope and gave me food. Their bread was so tiny. In one meal, I ate a thousand
loaves of bread, a hundred plates of chicken, a hundred cows, and a hundred
sheep. The tiny people took me to meet their king and queen. The king’s hand
was so tiny that I used only one finger to shake it.
Everything was so small. I felt like a
giant among them.
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Tenses : Simple past tense, Past
continuous tense,
Nouns : boy, tiny people
Adjectives : small village, very tired
Time connectives and conjunctions :
when
Adverbs and adverbial phrase : in small village, to the island
of Liliput
Action verbs dalam past tense : swam, sank,
sleep, pulled, made, gave, ate
Thinking verbs : felt,
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