Narrative text part 1, 2
hello readers, glad to be uploading again. How are you? I hope you are okay. so, this time my English assignment is about
narrative text
activity 1 : reading
MALIN KUNDANG
A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra lived a woman and her son, Malin Kundang. Malin Kundang and his mother had to live hard because his father had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sell the caught fish in the town.
One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant’s ship being raided by a band of pirates. With his bravery, Malin Kundang helped the merchant defeat the pirates. To thank him, the merchant allowed Malin Kundang to sail with him. Malin Kundang agreed in the hope to get a better life. He left his mother alone.
Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and a lot of crews who worked loading trading goods. He was also married to a beautiful woman. When he was sailing on his trading journey, his ship landed on a coast near a small village. The local people recognized that it was Malin Kundang, a boy from the area. The news ran fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”.
An old woman, who was Malin Kundang’s mother, ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She wanted to hug him to release her sadness of being lonely after a long time. When his mother came near him, Malin Kundang who was with his beautiful wife and his ship crews denied that she was his mother. She had pleaded Malin Kundang to look at her and admit that she was her mother. But he kept refusing to do it and yelling at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her “Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly woman!” After that he ordered his crews to set sail to leave the old woman who was then full of sadness and anger. Finally, feeling enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize to her. Malin Kundang just laughed and set sail. Suddenly a thunderstorm came in the quiet sea, wrecking his huge ship. He was thrown out to a small island. It was really too late for him to avoid his curse; he had turned into a stone.
Taken with adaptation from: http://understandgtext.blogspot.com/2009/05/ narrative-analysis-on-malin-kundang.html
activity 2:
activity 3:
summary
Definition of narrative text
Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems. they can be imaginary, factual or a combination of both.
Communicative purpose of narrative text
it amuse or entertains the readers with actual or imaginary experience. Narrative texts can also include explicit or implicit moral values for the readers.
Generic structure of narrative text
1. orientation : opening paragraph where the character of the story are introduced
2. complication : this is the most part of a narrative text, the heart structure of an explanation text
3. resolution : how the story ends
reorientation : is closing remarks or moral value from the story. it is optional
Language feature of explanation text
1. using passive voice
2. using simple past tense
“ The Ugly Duckling”
A little duckling was terribly unhappy because he thought he was the ugliest amongst all his brothers and sisters. They’d not play with him and titillated the poor ugly duckling. One day, he saw his reflection within the water and cried, “Nobody likes me. I’m so ugly.” He decided to go away from home and went far-off into the woods.
Deep within the forest, he saw a cottage in which there lived an old lady, her hen, and her cat. The duckling stayed with them for a few times however he was sad there and shortly left. Once the winter set in, the poor duckling nearly froze to death. A peasant took him home to his woman and kids. The poor duckling was afraid of the kids and escaped. The ugly duckling spent the winter in a very marshy lake.
Finally, spring arrived. One day, the duckling saw a gorgeous swan swimming within the lake and fell in love with her. Then again he remembered how everybody made fun of him and he bent his head down in shame. Once he saw his own reflection in the water he was astonied. He wasn’t an unsightly duckling any longer, but a handsome young swan! Now, he knew why he had looked so completely different from his brothers and sisters. “They were ducklings but I used to be a baby swan!” he said to himself. He married the gorgeous swan and lived happily ever once.
1. Why did the baby duck decide to leave home?
A. He saw a swan.
B. He is trying to catch a kit.
C. He saw his reflection and thought nobody liked him because he was ugly.
2. After leaving home, where does the duckling go?
A. He goes to the hills.
B. A cottage in a deep forest.
C. He go to another villag3. Who took the ugly duckling to home after going away from cottage?
3. Who took the ugly duckling to home after going away from cottage?
A. A peasant.
B. A hen.
C. Beautiful swan.
4. Where ugly duckling spend the winter?
A. A cottage.
B. Marshy pond.
C. Lake.
5. When the ugly duckling saw a gorgeous swan?
A. Winter.
B. Summer.
C. Spring.
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