NARRATIVE TEXT

A Narrative is a piece of writing that tells an imaginary story. The story can also be based on a real incident but has been made up in the purpose of entertaining.

Communicative purpose:

To entertain or to amuse the readers

Examples of narrative texts:

Short stories, folklores, legend, fable, and myth.

The Organization of a narrative text:

A narrative text can have as many paragraphs as the writer want. However, it mainly consists of three parts: orientation, sequence of events/complications and resolution.

This is example of narrative text…..

Fox and a Crow

            One morning a fox was returning to his lair after a night’s hunting. He had not caught anything and he was feeling very hungry. As he passed the farmer’s house he saw a crow stealing a delicious looking piece of cheese that the farmer’s wife had left in the window. His mouth watered and he thought to himself how he could get the crow to give him the cheese.

            The crow flew off and perched far above his head in a nearby tree. The fox ran to the foot of the tree and started flattering the crow.

            “Oh, beautiful bird,” said the fox, “so graceful, so delightful and so well loved by everyone. What lovely feathers you have,  and how lucky you are to be able to see into the future. Truly you are possessed of all the virtues and I cannot think of any bird so blessed.”

            “However, I don’t think I have ever heard you sing. If your singing is even half as good as all your other qualities, there cannot be another creature in the whole world so fabulous.”

            The crow was flattered by this and to show the fox that his voice was as beautiful as the rest of him he opened his beak and started singing so that the fox might hear him. But of course, as he opened his beak the cheese dropped out and the fox snapped it and ate it up in two gulps. Ah ha, said the fox, “ I spoke of your beauty, but you will notice I said nothing about your brains.”

Adapted from “Favorite Fables and Fairy Tales”