Narrative and Descriptive Texts

Narrative and Descriptive Texts

1. Narrative

   • Structure
     • Orientation: It set the scene and introduce the articipants
     • Complication: Tells the problems of the story and how the main characters solve them
     • Re-Orientation: The ending of the story. Maybe, happy ending or sad ending
     • Evaluation: The stepping back to evaluate the story or the moral message of the story
     • Resolution: The crisis is revolved, for better or worse
   • Kind of Descriptive texts
     • Legends
     • Fable
     • Fairy Tale
     • Folktale
     • Short Story
   • Features
     • Use active verbs
     • Use past tense
     • Use conjunction
     • The first person
     • Use specific nouns
     • Use adjectives and adverbs

2. Descriptive

   • Characteristics
     • Using the Simple Present Tense,  this is because we will describe a fact or truth that is attached to something or someone. And one of the functions of the simple present is to illustrate a fact or truth.
     • Because of its function is to describe something by explaining its properties, then the text will be found many descriptive adjectives (adjective), as handsome, beautiful, tall, small, big, or if the adjective is derived from the verb, then you will find additional -ve, -ing, -nt in tow,
     • In the descriptive text we will often find Relating verb (copula) which is (as in characteristic number 1). In Indonesian is often interpreted as "is". Because the purpose or function descriptive text is to describe, then definitely we will often find the word was (is). His name is Andy (his name was Andy), his height is 160 cm (height is 160 cm).
   • Structure
     • Identification: This section in the first paragraph - the goal is to identify something to be described or depicted.
     • Description: This section in the second paragraph and so on - contains the properties inherent in something that you already introduced to the reader in the first paragraph.