Narrative tekt is a text that tells a story / description of events.
Purpose of Narrative text :
To entertain, to gain and hold a reader’s interest. However narratives can also be
written to teach or inform, to change attitudes / social opinions.
Types of Narrative are Imaginary and Factual or a combination of both.
They may include Fairy Stories, mysteries, science fiction, romances, horror
stories, adventure stories, fables, myths and legends, historical narratives, ballads,
slice of life, and personal experience.
Features :
· Characters with defined personalities / identities
· Dialogue often include – tense may change to the present or the future
· Descriptive language to create images in the reader’s mind and enhance the story.
Structure :
In a traditional narrative, the focus of the text is on a series of actions :
* Orientation :
In which the characters, setting and time of the story are established. Usually
answers who ? when ? where ?
e.g Mr.Wolf went out hunting in the forest one dark goomy night.
* Complication or a problem :
The complication usually involves the main character(s).
(often mirroring the complications in real life).
* Resolution :
There needs to be a resolution of the complication.
The complication may be resolved for better or worse / hapilly or unhappily.
* Re-orientation
The ending of story.
* Evaluation
A stepping back to evaluatethe story or the moral message of the story.
The narrative text use the temporal conjuction . Example :
. once upon a time
. after
. before
. when
. Then, etc.
Sometimes there are a number of complications that have to be resolved.
These add sustain interest and suspense for the reader.
To help students plan for writing of narratives , model, focusing on :
· Plot : what is going to happen ?
· Setting : where and when will the story take place ?
· Characterisation : who are the main characters ? what do they look like ?
· Structure : how will the story begin ? what will be the problem ? how the problem going to be resolved ?
· Theme : what is the theme / message the writer is attempting to communicate ?
Purpose of Narrative text :
To entertain, to gain and hold a reader’s interest. However narratives can also be
written to teach or inform, to change attitudes / social opinions.
Types of Narrative are Imaginary and Factual or a combination of both.
They may include Fairy Stories, mysteries, science fiction, romances, horror
stories, adventure stories, fables, myths and legends, historical narratives, ballads,
slice of life, and personal experience.
Features :
· Characters with defined personalities / identities
· Dialogue often include – tense may change to the present or the future
· Descriptive language to create images in the reader’s mind and enhance the story.
Structure :
In a traditional narrative, the focus of the text is on a series of actions :
* Orientation :
In which the characters, setting and time of the story are established. Usually
answers who ? when ? where ?
e.g Mr.Wolf went out hunting in the forest one dark goomy night.
* Complication or a problem :
The complication usually involves the main character(s).
(often mirroring the complications in real life).
* Resolution :
There needs to be a resolution of the complication.
The complication may be resolved for better or worse / hapilly or unhappily.
* Re-orientation
The ending of story.
* Evaluation
A stepping back to evaluatethe story or the moral message of the story.
The narrative text use the temporal conjuction . Example :
. once upon a time
. after
. before
. when
. Then, etc.
Sometimes there are a number of complications that have to be resolved.
These add sustain interest and suspense for the reader.
To help students plan for writing of narratives , model, focusing on :
· Plot : what is going to happen ?
· Setting : where and when will the story take place ?
· Characterisation : who are the main characters ? what do they look like ?
· Structure : how will the story begin ? what will be the problem ? how the problem going to be resolved ?
· Theme : what is the theme / message the writer is attempting to communicate ?
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