Materi Kelas VIII Narrative Text

NARRATIVE TEXT

Social Function: To amuse, entertain, and to deal with actual experience in different ways.

Generic Structure:

·         Orientation

It sets the scene and introduces the participants.

·         Complication

It shows the arousal of crisis.

·         Resolution

It shows how the crisis is solved for better or worse.

Language Features:

·         Noun phrase

e.g : a beautiful princess, a huge temple

·         Connectives

e.g : first, then, finally

·         Past tense

e.g : He walked away from the village.

·         Adverbial phrase of time and place

e.g : in the garden, two days ago.

·         Action verb

e. g : walk, sleep, wake up, run , etc.

·         Relational verb

e. g : the giant was very powerful, the shoe maker become very rich

 

The Silver Key

Three was a treveler going to a distant town. When he reached the town, it was almost midnight. He came to an inn but found it was Locke from insiden. He knocked at the door.

“Who are you?” asked a voice from inside the inn. “What do you want? The door cannot be oppened at such an odd hour.”

The treveler needed rest, food, and shelter. He said, “Please, innkeeper, unlock the door. See how cold insiden!”

“It’s strange lock and it can be opened only with a silver key”, replied the innkeeper. The treveler passed a silver coin through a slit in the door, got the door unlocked and entered into the inn.

“I have left one of my two bags outside”, said the treveler. “Will you please bring it in?”

No sooner had the innkeeper gone out, the treveler locked the door from inside. The innkeeper was now shut out.

He requested the treveler to unlock the door. “I’m helpless,” replied the treveler. “It’s a strange lock. It can be opened only with a silver key.”

The innkeeper was obligated to push through the slit a silver coin. The treveler got back his rupee and unlocked the door.