Narrative text

Do you like reading stories?
What kind of stories do you like?
Does it folktales, story-tales, myth?
Do you know that all types of story (word in italic) above include in types of narrative story?

Do you know that narrative story is include in this order?
1. Orientation
2. Complication
3. Resolution
4 Re-orientation (optional)

Does it the true answer of the generic structure of narrative text?
Of course it is.

Talking about "orientation", what is orientation?
Orientation is a part of narrative text that appears in the beginning of paragraph. Usually, this part is talking about the name of characters, the place where the story take place and the time when the story begins.

Then, What is "complication"?
Complication is placed after orientation.This part is talking about the rising problem. When the problem is start until the crisis point (climax).

How about resolution?
Resolution is when the problem is solve or ended.

Last, what us Re-orientation?
Re-orientation is the ending of the story which may consist of closing re-mark of the story, moral lesson, advice or teaching from the writer.

Example: 

SLEEPING BEAUTY

ORIENTATION	Once upon a time, there was a king and a queen. They really wanted to have a baby. When the queen gave birth to a daughter, they were very happy. They threw a party and invited six good fairies to celebrate.
COMPLICATION	Six fairies came to the party. They gave the princess present of intelligence, happiness, goodness, health and wealth. Before the sixth good fairy could give her present, a wicked fairy burst into the party. The fairy was so angry because the king and the queen did not invite her to the party. She cursed on the baby: “On her sixteenth birthday, the princess will prick her finger on a needle from a spinning wheel and die.” She screamed. The sixth good fairy used her magic to soften the curse. “The princess will not die, but she will fall into a deep sleep for a hundred years,” she said. The king and the queen banned all spinning wheels from the kingdom and hoped that the curse would never come true.                 On her sixteenth birthday, the princess found an old woman spinning. She wanted to spin, but pricked her finger and fell into a deep, deep sleep. The curse had come true! The old woman laughed and 4disappeared. The king and the queen found the princess and put her on to bed. But soon everyone in the castle felt fast asleep, too.
RESOLUTION	One hundred years passed and a large forest grew around the castle. Then, one day, a prince came by the forest. A pathway magically opened in front of him and led him to the princess. When he found the princess, she thought that she was so pretty that he kissed her. The kiss broke the spell and the whole castle woke up. Eventually, the prince and the princess lived happily ever after.

Sumber:

a.       Mukarto, Sujatmiko, dkk. My English Workbook!.2b. Jakarta:Erlangga

b.      Sulistiani, Kus.H. bahasa inggris untuk SMA/MA kelas 11 Semester 1. Jakarta: Pratama Mitra Aksara