1. Let’s Learn
Narrative Text

2. Do you like reading?
What kinds of book do you like?
If you like reading the story,
let’s mention some story that you
know!

3. Kinds of Story That is
Familiar
Those are Cinderella, Malin
Kundang, Tangkuban Perahu, Snow
White, and so on.

4. Those story are called;
Narrative text

5. Narrative Text
Narrative text is part of genre. Narrative is
the text which tell something. On the other
words, narrative is created by someone for telling
the story. It is including into fiction story. The
purpose of this text is to amuse or to entertain the
readers and the listeners. Narrative text also have
the generic structure same as the others kinds of
text.

6. These are the generic
structure of Narrative text :
Orientation: in this part, it will introduce the
characters in the story. It can be name, place,etc.
It is usually occur in the first of paraghraph.
Complication: it is increasing the problem. It can
call climax of the story when the crisis is rising up.
Resolution: it is time to slove the problem. It
usually call anti-climax, it means that the problem
can be solved, even bad or good ending.

7. This is the example
of narrative text with
the generic stucture explanation

8. 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. ORIENTATION
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 didnt have enough money to take Snow White.
Snow White didnt 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 a 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, Whats your name? Snow White said,
My name is Snow White. COMPLICATION
Doc, one of the dwarfs said, If you wish, you may live here with us. Snow White said, Oh could
Thank you. Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the seven dwarfs
lived happily ever after. RESOLUTION

9. Exercise for Reading
Read the narrative text about The Legend of Lake Toba and complete the
following questions.
The legend of Lake Toba
There was a fisherman who lived in Batak Land. His name was Batara Guru Sahala.
When he was angling, he caught a fish. He was surprised to find that fish because the fish
could talk and it begged to set it free. He did accordingly. After getting free, the fish changed
into a beautiful woman and Sahala fell in love with her. Sahala asked her to marry him and
the woman received him. However, she asked his promised not to tell anyone the secret
that she was once a fish. They were very happily married, and got two daughters.
It was a pity on Sahala. One day when he got very angry with his daughters, he forgot his
promise and he broke it. He told his daughters that they were the daughters of a fish.
His wife could not forgive him. Suddenly, the earth began to shake and volcanoes started to
erupt. The earth cracked and formed a big hole. People said that the hole became Lake Toba.

10. Answer the questions by choosing the right one.
1. What does the text tell us about?
a. The story of Lake Toba
b. The story of a fisherman
c. The story of a family
d. The story of a region
2. What the generic structure of the first paragraph?
a. Resolution
b. Orientation
c. Complication
d. Re-Orientation
3. Who is the main character in this story?
a. Mother
b. Batak people
c. Sahala and his Mother
d. Lake Toba

11. Exercise for Speaking
Please find out the Narrative text, then you
have to retell the story by your own words.