Meeting IX The Narrative Text Can you guess

Meeting IX The Narrative Text

Can you guess?

Understanding Simply said, it refers to a story—an account of events or experiences, while the purpose of this text is to entertain/amuse readers.

Organization of the Text: • Orientation • Conflict • Solution • Reorientation

Parts of a Narrative Story • Character—a person in the story we learn about through their words, thoughts and actions • Setting—the place where the story is set • Problem or Conflict—the struggle in the story (man vs man, man vs nature, man vs self) • Events—the things that take place in the story that are important and lead to the climax and the resolution (also known as Rising Action and Falling Action) • Climax—the most intense part of the story, physically or emotionally • Resolution—the conclusion, tying up all the loose ends, telling how it all ended up

Beginning, Middle and End Beginning • Every story can be broken up into three Characters parts: the beginning, Setting the middle and the end. Problem or Conflict Middle Events in the Rising Action Climax Event(s) in the Falling Action End Resolution or Conclusion

Plotting the Story on the Plot Pyramid • Once you can determine the beginning, middle and end of the story as well as the characters, problem, climax and solution, you are ready to plot the story on a pyramid like the one below:

Middle/ Climax Most intense part Rising Action Events Falling Action Events Beginning/ Exposition Ending/ Resolution Characters Setting Problem Was the problem solved? If yes, how?

The Princess and the Pea Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess.

"Well, we'll soon find that out, " thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.

On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept. "Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"

Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds. Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.

Climax-Middle Princess couldn’t sleep because of the peathey knew she was a real princess Rising Action The Queen invited the princess to sleep on 20 mattresses with a pea under the bottom one A “princess” knocked on the door in a storm Prince searched for a princess, but couldn’t find one Beginning. Exposition A prince in a kingdom who can’t find a real princess to become his wife Falling Action The prince and princess marry End-Resolution The princess is a real princess-She and the prince marry and live happily ever after

Type of Narrative : • • Romance Adventure Detective Legend Fable Myth Folktale

Linguistic Features: • Tense : The Simple Past Tense S + V 2 + O Example : There was a little girl, she was Cinderella. She lived with her stepmother and stepsisters. They didn’t like Cinderella.

Direct Speech/Quoted Speech: Cinderella said, “My name is Cinderella. ” The dwarf said, ” If you wish, you may live here with us. ” “Oh, dreadfully!” said the princess.

Adverb of Time: • • • Once upon a time Long time ago Once One day One Sunday morning

The Good Stepmother The old witch locked Hansel in a cage and set Gretel to clean the house. She planned to eat them both. Each night the children cried and begged the witch to let them go. Meanwhile, at home, their stepmother was beginning to wish she had never tried to get rid of the children. ”I must find them, ” she said and set off into the forest. Many hours later, when her feet were tired from walking and her lips were dry from thirst, she came to the cottage belonging to the witch. The stepmother peeped through the window. Her heart cried out when she saw the two children.

She picked up the broom leaning against the door and crept inside. The witch was putting some stew in the oven when the stepmother gave her an almighty push. The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door. “Children, I have come to save you, ” she said, hugging them tightly. I have done a dreadful thing. I hope in time you will forgive me. Let me take you home and become a family again. They returned to their home and the stepmother became the best mother anyone could wish to have, and of course they lived happily ever after.

Answer the Question! 1. What does the story mainly talk/discuss? a. cried every night b. planned to eat her children c. begged a witch for money d. tried to run away from a witch e. Saved her children from a witch

2. Which statement is true about the stepmother? a. She was the witch’s friend. b. She loved her stepchildren. c. She hit the witch with a broom. d. She locked her children in a cage e. She visited the witch to see her children. 3. “The witch fell into the oven and the stepmother shut the door …. ” (p. 4) What is the best word to replace the underlined? a. closed b. opened c. painted d. marked e. polished

4. How did the witch die? a. She was burnt in the oven b. She was trapped in a cage c. She was hit with a broom d. She was locked in her house e. She was pushed against the wall

The Fox and The Sun Once upon a time the foxes were angry with Sun. They had a council about the matter. Then, twelve fox were selected-twelve of the bravest to catch the Sun and tie him down. They made ropes of sinew. Then the twelve watched until the Sun, as he followed the downward trail in the sky, touched the top of a certain hill. Then the fox caught the Sun, and tied him fast to the hill. Do you know what happened next? The Indian saw it, and they kill the fox with arrows. Then, they cut the sinews and released the Sun. But the Sun had burned a great hole in the ground. You know, the Indians believe that the story is true because they can see the hole which the sun burned.

5. What is the purpose of the text? a. To entertain the readers. b. To retell past event. c. To describe a particular thing. d. To describe something in general. e. To explain how something happen. 6. What did the foxes do with the Sun? a. The buried the Sun b. They exploded the Sun c. They released the Sun d. They run away from the Sun e. They caught the Sun

7. “Then, they cut the sinews and released the Sun. ” What does the underlined refer to? a. The foxes b. The Indians c. The sun d. The holes e. The hills 8. “You know, the Indians believe that the story is true”. What is the closest word of the underlined? a. have faith in b. tell c. create d. shout e. burn