Narrative & Report Text Theory

A narrative text is a text that ...

• describes things, animals, or people in detail

• retells the activities which happens past expreience

• describes as a result of systematic observation and analyses

• deals with problematic events leading to a crisis which in turn finds a resolution

the structures of a narrative text are ...

• orientation, coda, complication

• orientation, complication, reorientation

• complication, resolution, orientation

• complication, orientation, coda

The complication of a narrative text ...

• sets the scene of a story

• tells how problems are solved, either in a happy ending or in a sad ending

• tells the beginning of problems which leads to the crisis of the main participants

• consists of a moral lesson, advice, or teaching from the writer

the purpose of a narrative text is ...

• to amuse readers with a story

• to describe how a story is built

• to tell writer's experience

• to write a good story

"she made her breakfast early in the morning".

the adverbial phrase in the sentence is ...

• her breakfast

• early

• in the morning

• early in the morning

the adverbial phrase of time is ...

• in the house

• late at night

• at school

• underneath the water

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful girl with her father, her stepmother, and her stepsister. One day, her father passed away. Her stepmother and stepsister treated her very bad whereas they used to love her before her father died. She had to do all the house work.

the paragraph above is ...

• coda

• orientation

• complication

• resolution

At the ball, Cinderella amazed everybody there include the Prince. The Prince asked her to dance. Cinderella had a wonderful time at the ball. But, all of a sudden, she heard the sound of a clock, the first stroke of midnight. Remembered what the fairy had said, Cinderella ran back to go home. But she lost one of her slippers in ballroom. The Prince picked up her slipper and would search for the girl whose foot fitted with the slipper.

the paragraph above is ...

• orientation

• complication

• resolution

• coda

The Prince married Bawang Putih. She forgave her stepmother and stepsister and they lived happily ever after.

the paragraph above is ...

• orientation

• complication

• resolution

• coda

A general classification in a report text ...

• describes the events in the text

• identifies the subject of the text

• expands the description of various aspects

• describes the steps to achieve a purpose