Narative text

Contoh Narrative Text - adalah satu dari 13 jenis teks bahasa inggris (genre) yang lahir dari kalangan Narration seperti halnya Recount Text dan News Items Text yang mana berfungsi untuk menceritakan kisah masa lampau dan untuk hiburan / menghibur pembaca. Sebelum memasuki ke intinya alias contoh narrative text itu sendiri, ada baiknya kita mengenal generic structure Narrative text, kurang lebih adalah sebagai berikut. 1. Orientation.   Orientation merupakan bagian awal dari narrative text in English. Pada bagian ini, tokoh-tokoh dalam cerita diperkenalkan. Selain itu, waktu dan tempat terjadinya cerita juga dijelaskan. 2. Complication.   Complication merupakan bagian dari narrative text in English yang mengungkapkan masalah atau konflik yang terjadi pada tokoh utama dalam teks. 3. Resolution  Resolution merupakan bagian dari narrative text in English yang berisi tentang penyelesaian masalah yang terjadi pada tokoh utama dalam teks. Bagian ini dapat berupa akhir yang baik, atau sebaliknya.  4. Reorientation Reorientation merupakan akhir dari cerita narrative text yang biasanya memuat tentang akhir kisah / ceritanya, biasanya happy ending atau sad ending. "Snow White" Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead. One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White. Snow White did 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 when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods. Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep. 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.” Doc, one of the dwarfs, said, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after. PEMBAHASAN GENERIC STRUCTURE NARRATIVE TEXT – Struktur Teks Snow White (Putri Salju) Orientation Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt and Uncle because her parents were dead. (Terjemahan - Alkisah hidup seorang gadis kecil bernama Putri Salju. Dia hidup dengan bibi dan pamannya karena kedua orang tuanya sudah tiada ketika Putri Salju masih kecil) Complication 1 One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White. (Terjemahan – Suatu hari dia mendengar paman dan bibinya berbicara untuk meninggalkan Putri Salju di istananya karena mereka berdua ingin pergi ke America dan mereka tidak mempunyai cukup uang untuk membawa Si Putri Salju) Resolution Snow White did 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 when her Aunt and Uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods. (Terjemahan – Putri Salju tidak mau paman dan bibinya memperlakukan dia seperti ini, lalu dia memutuskan untuk kabur dari istananya. Keesokan paginya dia kabur dari rumah ketika bibi dan pamannya sedang sarapan dan Putri Salju pun lari ke hutan) Complication Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep. (Terjemahan – Lalu dia melihat sebuah pondok kecil ditengah hutan. Dia mengetuk pondok tersebut tetapi tak seorang pun membalasnya lalu dia masuk ke dalam dan tidur di pondok tersebut) Resolution 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.” Reorientation Happy ending. "Golden Eggs" Long time ago a remote village, in central China was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters. One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to flood. He prayed hard to God for help or his family would die of starvation. Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him. He gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will help you to ease your hardship.” A week later to almost surprise the farmer found and egg in his yard. This was no ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy. Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift. Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach. Though he very much regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late. "Duck and Turtle" Two ducks who lived in a big lake had a friend who was a turtle. One year there was a very little rain and the lake began to dry up. One of the ducks said to the other, “Soon, there’ll be no water in this lake. Let’s go and look for lake.”  “Yes, answered the second duck, “But first let’s say good bye to our friend, the turtle.” When they told the turtle they were going to leave, he said, “I’ll die here without any water and without any friends. Take me with you.” “The ducks answered, “We can’t. We are going to fly, and you have no wings.” “The turtle thought for a minute and then said, “please wait here.” Then he went away and found a strong, straight stick. He brought it back to his friends, put the middle of it in his mouth and said, “Now if each of you takes me one end of the stick in his mouth, you can lift me up and carry me with you.” “ That is dangerous,” said the ducks, “if you try to talk while we’re carrying you through the air, you won’t be able to hold the stick, so you’ll fall down along way and break your shell.” “all right,” answered the turtle, “I promise not to talk while we’re in the air. So the ducks took the stick and flew away, with the turtle between them. All went well until they were flying over a town. Then some people saw them and shouted, “Look, those ducks are carrying a cat!”The turtle got very angry, “A cat? I’m not …” he said, but he did not get any further, because when he opened his mouth, the stick came out of his mouth and the poor turtle fell to the ground.