NARRATIVE

Social function : to amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways.

Generic Structure : Orientation : sets the scene and introduces the participants (introduces the main characters in a setting of time and place). Complication : a crisis pro!lems arises. "esolution : the crisis is resolved, for !etter or for worse. Language Features : - use of noun phrases ( a !eautiful princess, huge temple) - use of nouns and pronouns to identify people or things involved# - use of con$unction and time connectives to se%uence the events# -use of adver!s and adver!ial phrases to indicate place and time# - use of ad$ectives to descri!e nouns. PURPOSE NARATIVE TEXT &sfor the communicative purpose of narrative text li'e that descri!ed a!ove is to intertain the listerners orreading past events or stories relating to real experience imagination or complicated events that led to the crisis which in tum get a settlemen. EXAMPLE :

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Once upon a time there lived a little girl named (now )hite. (he lived with her aunt and uncle her parent were dead One day she heard her uncle and aunt tal'ing a!out leaving (now )hite in the castle !ecause they !oth wanted to go to &merica and they didn*t have enough money to ta'e (now )hite. (now )hite did not want her uncle and aunt to do this so she decided it would !e !est if she ran away. +he next morning she ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were having !rea'fast. (he ran away in the woods.

(he was very tired and hungry. +hen she saw the little cottage. (he 'noc'ed !ut no one answered s she went inside and fell asleep. ,eanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from wor'. +hey went inside. +here they found (now )hite sleeping. +hen (now )hite wa'e up. (he saw the dwarfs. +he dwarfs said, -what is your name./ (now )hite said, -,y name is (now )hite/.0oc said, -1f you wish, you may live here with us/. (now )hite said, -Oh could 1. +han' you/. +hen (now )hite told the dwarf the whole story and (now )hite and the 2 dwarf lived happily ever after.

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Putri Sal#u

(e'ali wa'tu hiduplah seorang gadis 'ecil !ernama (now )hite. 0ia tinggal !ersama !i!i dan pamannya orang tuanya sudah mati (uatu hari ia mendengar paman dan !i!inya !er!icara tentang meninggal'an 3utri (al$u di dalam !enteng 'arena mere'a !erdua ingin pergi 'e &meri'a dan mere'a tida' punya cu'up uang untu' mengam!il 3utri (al$u. 3utri (al$u tida' ingin paman dan !i!inya untu' mela'u'an hal ini sehingga dia memutus'an a'an le!ih !ai' $i'a dia melari'an diri. 3agi !eri'utnya ia 'a!ur dari rumah 'eti'a !i!i dan pamannya sedang ma'an pagi. 0ia lari di hutan. 0ia sangat lelah dan lapar. 4emudian ia melihat pondo' 'ecil. 0ia mengetu' tapi tida' ada yang men$awa! s dia masu' dan $atuh tertidur. (ementara itu, tu$uh 'urcaci itu pulang dari 'er$a. ,ere'a masu' 'e dalam. 0i sana mere'a menemu'an (al$u tidur 3utih. 4emudian 3utri (al$u !angun. 0ia melihat dwarf. 3ara dwarf !er'ata, 5siapa namamu.5 4ata (now )hite, 56ama saya 3utri (al$u5. 0o'ter !er'ata, 57i'a &nda ingin, &nda dapat tinggal di sini !ersama 'ami5. (al$u !er'ata, 5Oh saya !isa. +erima 'asih 5. 4emudian 3utri (al$u 'epada 'urcaci 'eseluruhan cerita dan 3utri (al$u dan 2 'urcaci hidup !ahagia selamanya. adapun tu$uan dari 'omuni'atif narrative text laya'nya yang diterang'an diatas merupa'an untu' menghi!ur pendengar atau pem!aca !er'enaan satu 'e$adian atau cerita wa'tu lampau yang !ertalian dengan pengalaman nyata, 'hayal atau peristiwa-peristiwa peli' yang mengarah 'e satu 'risis, yang selan$utnya mendapat'an satu penyelesaian.