Pasti diantara kalian sering mebaca tulisan atau cerita fiksi dalam bentuk novel maupun cerpen. Didalam Bahasa Indonesia, tulisan tersebut biasa disebut dengan teks narasi yang memiliki tujuan untuk menghibur pembacanya.
Sama halnya didalam Bahasa Inggris, narrative text merupakan sebuah tulisan yang disampaikan secara kronologis. Narrative Text juga memiliki genre yang beragam, diantaranya adalah:
- Romance
- History
- Horor
- Fable
Narrative Text Structure
Didalam Bahasa Inggris, narrative text juga ditulis menggunakan struktur yang berurutan. Berikut merupakan struktur dari narrative text:
Orientation
Didalam orientation terdapat paragraf pembuka teks yang memperkenalkan tokoh dalam sebuah kejadian (who), latar waktu (when), dan tempat yang melatarbelakangi kejadian tersebut (where).Complication
Complication merupakan paragraf setelah orientation. Di bagian complication, paragrafnya menjelaskan tentang awal masalah yang menjadi penyebab alur cerita.Resolution
Resolution merupakan paragraf yang menjadi penyebab sebuah cerita berakhir.Reorientation
Reorientation merupakan paragraf atau kalimat penutup yang menceritakan kondisi terakhir sang tokoh atau menyampaikan pesan moral dalam cerita.Example of Narrative Text
Jadi apakah kalian sudah dapat memahami struktur narrative text diatas? Kalau belum coba lihat contoh narrative text berikut.
The Legend of Mount Batur
A long time ago, there lived on the island of Bali a giant-like creature named Kbo Iwo. The people of Bali used to say that Kbo Iwo was everything, a destroyer as well as a creator. He was satisfied with the meal, but this meant for the Balinese people enough food for a thousand men.
Difficulties arose when for the first time the barns were almost empty and the new harvest was still a long way off. This made Kbo Iwo wild with great anger. In his hunger, he destroyed all of the houses and even the temples. It made the Balinese turn to rage.
So, they came together to plan steps to oppose this powerful giant by using his stupidity. They asked Kbo Iwo to build them a very deep well, and rebuild all the houses and temples he had destroyed. After they fed Kbo Iwo, he began to dig a deep hole.
One day he had eaten too much, he fell asleep in the hole. The oldest man in the village gave a sign, and the villagers began to throw the limestone they had collected before into the hole. The limestone made the water inside the hole boiling. Kbo Iwo was buried alive. Then the water in the well rose higher and higher until at last it overflowed and formed Lake Batur. The mound of earth dug from the well by Kbo Iwo is known as Mount Batur.
A long time ago, there lived on the island of Bali a giant-like creature named Kbo Iwo. The people of Bali used to say that Kbo Iwo was everything, a destroyer as well as a creator. He was satisfied with the meal, but this meant for the Balinese people enough food for a thousand men.
Difficulties arose when for the first time the barns were almost empty and the new harvest was still a long way off. This made Kbo Iwo wild with great anger. In his hunger, he destroyed all of the houses and even the temples. It made the Balinese turn to rage.
So, they came together to plan steps to oppose this powerful giant by using his stupidity. They asked Kbo Iwo to build them a very deep well, and rebuild all the houses and temples he had destroyed. After they fed Kbo Iwo, he began to dig a deep hole.
One day he had eaten too much, he fell asleep in the hole. The oldest man in the village gave a sign, and the villagers began to throw the limestone they had collected before into the hole. The limestone made the water inside the hole boiling. Kbo Iwo was buried alive. Then the water in the well rose higher and higher until at last it overflowed and formed Lake Batur. The mound of earth dug from the well by Kbo Iwo is known as Mount Batur.
