Narrative

• Definition     : Narrative text is a text which contains about story (fiction/non fiction/tales/folktales/fables/myths/epic) and its plot consists of climax of the story (complication) then followed by the resolution.
       A narrative text is a text amuse, entertain and deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. Narrative deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.

• The Generic structure
  1. Orientation : introducing the characters of the story, the time and the place,    the story happen (who/what, when and where).
  2. Complication : a series of events in which the main character attempts to solve the problem. 
  3. Resolution : the ending of the story containing the problem solution. 
  4. Re- orientation : the conclusion.

• Social Function    :   To amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or various experience in different ways. Narratives deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds 2 resolution.

• Language features 

         + Description of characters and places using:

• Adjectives to describe nouns – heavy, frosty, transparent, grumpy 
• Adverbs – to describe verbs – quickly, secretly, quietly, energetically, suddenly 
• Similes – to compare one thing with another, using like or as … as – as bright as the moon, the kiss felt like a butterfly’s wings against her cheek.

         + Simple Past Tense