Narrative Text : Pinokio

Narrative text is a text presents the myths, fables, novels, and other realistic fiction stories used for entertaining the readers. Besides, the moral values can be taken .

Social Function/ Communicative Purpose  :

to amuse/entertain the readers

The main Generic structure of the Narrative text :

1. Orientation

=> The first paragraph presents the story plot ( background ) include where the story takes a place, when the story happens, and who are involved in the story.

2. Complication  

=> the further paragraph, depicts the occurred and developed problem . The problem will be more complicated based on the story given. This complication is created to evoke the reader’s mood. It is the main part of the fiction either drama or narrative.  

3. Resolution  

=> This paragraph gives the conclusion from whole of the ending story whether happy or sad and even give the suspended summary based on the readers's point of view.

4. Coda

=> This part contains the moral values/message which is taken from the concluded story

Language feature of the narrative text

1. The using of Simple past tense  

Since the unreal situation/fake story, the simple past tense structure in the text is emphasized.

2. The using of the direct speech

In the narrative text, the conversation is often used to support the story.

3. The using of specific time related to the past  

At the beginning of the paragraph, no wonder the author  uses the time signal “Once upon a time................”  because it is the main typical of the narrative text.

Narrative Text Pinokio

In the past, there was a puppeteer whose name is Geppetto. He eager to have a son very much but his wife passed away several years ago. One day, he got an idea to make a puppet in order not to be lonely again. He made a puppet all day long. Finally, in the morning he had finished his work and he named the puppet Pinocchio. Soon he felt lonely again since Pinocchio couldn't walk or talk by itself. One night, Geppetto prayed to the God to become a real boy. He always thought it on his mind in his dream.

In the next morning, he was surprised that Pinocchio was alive. He taught Pinocchio how to walk, how to read, how to speak and to do other things as human. He then studied at an elementary school. One day, Pinocchio felt bored and it made him go home late. When Pinocchio finally came home, Geppetto asked him. He said that he was on school but he wasn’t. Instantly, Pinocchio's nose grew longer and longer and it meant that Pinocchio has lied.

The next morning, Pinocchio was kidnaped by the owner of circus. Pinocchio soon became a slave for the circus. He was so famous because he was a puppet which can talk. Geppetto worried about him because Pinocchio had not been going home for almost two days. He tried to find Pinocchio everywhere but he found nothing. When he searched him on the sea, big wave smashed him. He was then in whale's stomach when he awoke. He couldn't find the way to go out.

In the other side, Pinocchio finally could escape out from the circus. He came home but nobody was there. Latter on, he searched Geppetto in the sea. He got the same accident like Geppetto and he met Geppetto in whale's stomach. Both of them got out from its stomach by making a fire. In the end of the story, they went home together and lived happily ever after.