Narrative text

To understand meaning nuance within transactional text that contains narrative text

Ø  Identifying the definition of narrative text

Ø  identifying the generic structures of narrative text

Ø  Using past tense

Ciri kebahasaan/language features:

•       Nouns tertentu sebagai kata ganti orang dalam cerita, e.g. stepsisters, housework, etc.

•       Adjectives yang membentuk noun phrase, e.g. long black hair, two red apples, etc.

•       Time connectives dan conjunctions untuk mengurutkan kejadian, e.g. and, then, before that, etc.

•       Actions verbs dalam past tense, e.g. stayed.

Saying verbs yang menandai ucapan, seperti: said, told, dan thinking verbs yang menandai pikiran dan perasaan tokoh, seperti: thought, felt, etc.

Kinds of narrative text:

•       A myth

•       A legend

•       Fable

•       A folklore