meeting 5

Description of narrative text

A narrative text is a text amuse, entertain and deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. Narrative deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.

The narrative text short story is telling of a story or an account of a sequence of events. One of the four traditional forms of composition (along with description, exposition, and persuasion). Narration differs from exposition, which can also relate a sequence of events, in that narration need not be factual and may be written from the perspective of a character in the text.

                                                                     

How to differ from other writing genre

A narrative text is text that tells a story, recounts events that have happened. Narrative texts help us to pass along to others events that need to be remembered.

Narrative text	Recount text
orientation	orientation
complication	events
resolution	reorientation

The Steps to Make Narrative Writing 

1.       Decide on a topic

Example : Message in My Trip

2.      Establish the setting

Setting is important in many ways.  Not only does it affect the action and events in the story, but it can also affect the way characters act.

Example : Last week I went to Gunung Sugih in central Lampung with my father to made affidavits police records. I went to there at 13.00 pm.

3.      Decide on the events of the story.

These events should be actions with strong, active verbs.  If there is no action, there is no story.

Example : I arrived there I have to waited to get the form, after that I was waiting in line to get finger print formula. When I was finished filling out the form and fingerprinting formula I am waiting to get the affidavits police records, and after waiting turn, Finaly I called to get the letter

4.      Details, Details

Details are the way to elaborate on the events that create the plot. 

Example : We waited until the rain was over. While we waited, I and my father talked about my future. My father said that I have to reach my dream. I have to study hard, do the best and pray to god. He said that everything that I will do is my choice, and the result of it is mine, and the parent just supports, facilitating, and praying for.

5.      Connect the events

Connectors are a good way to connect the events in the story. 

Example : last week

6.      Add “vivids”

“Vivids” are those words that add life to your writing.  They bring the reader to the scene of the story.  Vivid language lets the reader know what the writer sees, hears, feels, smells and tastes.

Example : We waited until the rain was over. While we waited, I and my father talked about my future, My father said that I have to reach my dream

7.      “Hook” your reader

Remember the purpose of the narrative is to entertain the reader.  It is important to attract the reader’s attention right from the start so they want to read the story. 

Example : I realized that my parent is very important for me, they always support what I do, they prayed to god for my happiness.

Message in My Trip

Last week I went to Gunung Sugih in central Lampung with my father to made affidavits police records. I went to there at 13.00 pm. (orientation)

When I arrived there I have to waited to get the form, after that I was waiting in line to get finger print formula. When I was finished filling out the form and fingerprinting formula I am waiting to get the affidavits police records, and after waiting turn.

Finaly I called to get the letter. After that me and my father back to home, but when we want to go back home, not far from there my motorcycle was off. Turns out after my father check, fuel is used up. So we have to push the motorcycle until 50 yards to got petrol. In the middle of a trip we got rainy, so we took shelter in a house.

We waited until the rain was over. While we waited, I and my father talked about my future. My father said that I have to reach my dream. I have to study hard, do the best and pray to god. He said that everything that I will do is my choice, and the result of it is mine, and the parent just supports, facilitating, and praying for. That was the message from my father to me. Because the rain was over, we continue to come home. In the middle of a trip I thought about the message from my father, from that I realized that my parent is very important for me, they always support what I do, they prayed to god for my happiness. (complication)

Finally we arrived in punggur, me and my father ate meatball before arrived at home. Although we got in our rainy Trek, but I can got some enlightenment, that my parent is the most important people in my life who always supporting everything that I do. (resolution)

Analyze

1.        the topic sentences

Last week I went to Gunung Sugih in central Lampung with my father to made affidavits police records.

It is topic sentences because it intriduces the main idea of the paragraph.

2.       Controling idea

I went to Gunung Sugih in central Lampung with my father to made affidavits police records

3.      Supporting sentnc 1

When I arrived there I have to waited to get the form, after that I was waiting in line to get finger print formula. When I was finished filling out the form and fingerprinting formula I am waiting to get the affidavits police records, and after waiting turn.

4.      Supporting serntence 2

Finaly I called to get the letter. After that me and my father back to home, but when we want to go back home, not far from there my motorcycle was off. Turns out after my father check, fuel is used up. So we have to push the motorcycle until 50 yards to got petrol. In the middle of a trip we got rainy, so we took shelter in a house.

5.      Supporting sentence 3

We waited until the rain was over. While we waited, I and my father talked about my future. My father said that I have to reach my dream. I have to study hard, do the best and pray to god. He said that everything that I will do is my choice, and the result of it is mine, and the parent just supports, facilitating, and praying for. That was the message from my father to me. Because the rain was over, we continue to come home. In the middle of a trip I thought about the message from my father, from that I realized that my parent is very important for me, they always support what I do, they prayed to god for my happiness. (complication)

6.      Conclusion

Finally we arrived in punggur, me and my father ate meatball before arrived at home. Although we got in our rainy Trek, but I can got some enlightenment, that my parent is the most important people in my life who always supporting everything that I do. (resolution)