Contoh Soal How to Write Narrative Text , Sad Stories
Contoh Soal How to Write Narrative Text , Sad Stories - Do you like reading stories? What kind of stories do you like? There are a lot of types of stories. There are drama, romance, mystery, comedy, etc. At school, you might call this kind of story as narrative text. Narrative basically means spoken or written story. A narrative text is a written story which happened in the past.The story is often fictional. It doesn’t always tell about human beings. There are also narrative stories about animals, fairies, and other creatures.
Narrative text has a purpose to entertain or to amuse the readers which means a narrative should be entertaining or amusing. This means, writing a narrative is not as easy as reading it. There are some things that make a narrative text different from other genres. Before you learn how to write a narrative text, read the following story.
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The Lonely Rabbit
Once upon a time, there lived a rabbit in a forest. He liked running around the meadow, but he was always alone. He looked for a friend, but he never found any other rabbit. He only had a parrot which came flying around the meadow once a day. He always thought of leaving the place he was living so that he could meet other animals, but he was too afraid of what was out there.
One day, the parrot sat on a branch of a tree while the rabbit sat under it. “It must be fun to be able to fly.” said the rabbit to the parrot. “Yes, it is. I can meet other birds and other animals, too.” said the parrot. “Aren’t you scared?” asked the rabbit.
“No, I am not. I can look everything from above.”The parrot answered.
The rabbit said, “Please teach me how to fly. I am all alone here. I want to see other rabbits.”
The parrot advised him to stay on the ground. The rabbit could not fly because he did not have wings. Nevertheless, the rabbit did not listen. He climbed the tree. “What are you doing?” asked the parrot “You will fall." The rabbit jumped off the tree hoping he could fly. Sadly, he instantly fell down and injured himself. The parrot took him to the rabbit’s place. The rabbit was very sad. Since then, he could not run around the meadow anymore. The rabbit regretted what he did. He wished he could turn back the time and listened to what his only friend ever said.
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Do You Understand?
There are three main parts, and another one, in a narrative text:
- The first part is called orientation. In this part, you tell the readers about the main character of the story and his or her condition (happy, sad, poor, rich, etc.), where the story took place, and when it happened. This part always comes in the first paragraph. As in the story of The Lonely Rabbit, the rabbit is the main character.
- The second part is called complication. This is where you tell the problem which arises in the story. For example, when the rabbits wanted to fly and asked the parrot to teach him, that is the problem of the story.
- The third part is called resolution. This is where you tell the readers how the problem is solved. In the rabbit story, the rabbit tried to fly but he failed and ended up injured himself. That is how the problem is solved although it doesn’t end with a happy result, but it is how the story ends.
- In writing narrative story you might also want to add re-orientation. This is optional. This is the part where you can add closing statement or give moral value, because a narrative text should
- have a moral value
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A narrative text is mainly written in ....
S2
We write a narrative text to ....
S3
The part where the problem arises is called ....
S4
The part where you can add moral value is called ....
S5
These adverbs of time can be used to open a narrative, except ....
S6
The following things are there in the orientation part except ....
S7
Arrange these sentences into a good paragraph:
- Every day she came to a river bank to read a book.
- There once a pretty little girl who lived in a village.
- The old lady didn’t have anything to eat.
- One day, she met an old lady near sleeping the river.
- She looked so pale that the girl felt pity for her.
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The following text is for questions no 8 to 10.
Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks.
Days passed away and his father . . . (8) being ill. He had to leave the city in go back to the village to take care of his father. He was afraid of losing his father. This is where he . . . his mind (9). He didn’t want to go back to the city anymore. Since he left the village his father lived alone. No one . . . (10) care of him.
The correct word to fill in the blank no 8 is ....
S9
The following text is for questions no 8 to 10.
Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks.
Days passed away and his father . . . (8) being ill. He had to leave the city in go back to the village to take care of his father. He was afraid of losing his father. This is where he . . . his mind (9). He didn’t want to go back to the city anymore. Since he left the village his father lived alone. No one . . . (10) care of him.
The correct word to fill in the blank no 9 is ....
S10
The following text is for questions no 8 to 10.
Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks.
Days passed away and his father . . . (8) being ill. He had to leave the city in go back to the village to take care of his father. He was afraid of losing his father. This is where he . . . his mind (9). He didn’t want to go back to the city anymore. Since he left the village his father lived alone. No one . . . (10) care of him.
The suitable word to complete the paragraph is ....