Jenis teks berupa cerita atau
dongeng yang bertujuan menghibur pembaca.
Ciri utama teks narrative adalah terdapatnya masalah (atau hal yang
dianggap masalah atau pelik) dan langkah yang diambil untuk merespon masalah
tersebut—ini umumnya berupa solusi atau penyelesaian. Konten teks narrative
dapat berupa cerita khayalan atau kisah nyata
yang mendapatkan bumbu-bumbu perekayasa.
Teks narrative umumnya memiliki
struktur:
·
orientation, pendahuluan
atau pembuka berupa pengelanalan tokoh, waktu, dan tempat.
·
complication/crisis,
pengembangan konflik atau pemunculan masalah.
·
resolution, penyelesaian
konflik atau langkah yang diambil untuk merespon masalah.
·
reorientation, penutup—ungkapan-ungkapan
yang menunjukkan cerita sudah berakhir, ini sifatnya opsional.
·
coda, perubahan yang
terjadi pada tokoh dan pelajaran yang dapat dipetik dari cerita; sifatnya
opsional.
CIRI
KEBAHASAAN
a.
nouns tertentu sebagai
kata ganti orang,dalam cerita, mis: stepsisters, housework, dsb.
b.
adjectives yang membentuk
noun phrase, mis: long black hair, two red apples, dsb.
c.
time connectives dan
conjunctions untuk mengurutkan kejadian mis: then, before that,dsb.
d.
adverbs dan adverbial
phrases untuk menunjukkan lokasi kejadian atau peristiwa, mis: here, in the
mountain, happily ever after,dsb.
e.
action verbs dalam past
tense; stayed, dsb.
f.
saying verbs yang menandai
ucapan seperti: said, told, dan thinking verbs yang menandai pikiran, perasaan
tokoh mis: thought, felt, dsb.
Two
Brothers
Long ago, there were two brothers
called Akomi and Ombah. They were ambitious and winning. Akomi, the elder
brother, said, "If we become the King's employees, we can make laws to
collect more money from the people. We will become very rich."
They went to see King Aruya.
Akomi said, "Your Majesty, let us be your ministers. We will make good
laws. All your subjects will be happy. I am wise and clever. I know
everything."
King Aruya said angrily,
"That is not true! No body knows everything. For example, do you know how
many stars there are in the sky? Guards! Throw this liar into the river of
crocodiles!"
Ombah's hands trembled. Then he
thought to himself, "King Aruya will also punish me if I say the wrong
thing. My brother said he knew everything and his answer was wrong. So if I say
the opposite, my answer will be right." Ombah then said, to King Aruya,
"Your majesty, I know nothing."
King Aruya said, "That is also a lie.
Nobody knows nothing, truly! Everybody knows at least something. For example,
you know your father's name, don't you? Guards! Throw him into the river of
crocodiles, too!"