By : Candra Arista Sari, S.Pd Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan SMP Negeri 2 Tangen Kabupaten Sragen Narrative Text For Nineth Grade Students of Junior High School
Narrative Text A. Pengertian Narrative Text Narrative text is an imaginary story that aims to entertain the reader (salah satu jenis text dalam bahasa Inggris yang bertujuan untuk menghibur para pembaca) B. Struktur/Generic structure Teks Narrative 1) Orientation Orientation merupakan bagian awal dari sebuah struktur narrative text. Selain terdapat keterangan tempat atau waktu, bagian orientation mengandung jawaban dari pertanyaan who, when, dan where. Atau yang disebut perkenalan tokoh, latar tempat serta waktu di dalam cerita. (2) Complication Complication dalam struktur narrative text dapat berupa natural conflict (masalah tokoh dengan alam), social conflict (masalah tokoh dengan tokoh lain), dan psychological conflict (masalah tokoh dengan dirinya sendiri/perang batin). (3) Resolution Struktur narrative text selanjutnya merupakan resolution yang berisi penyelesaian atas masalah yang terjadi. (4) Re-orientation/Evaluation Di evaluation, biasanya penulis mengkhususkan pesan moral serta kesimpulan cerita di sebuah paragraf akhir. Tujuannya untuk benar-benar mengakhiri sebuah cerita. C. Kind of Narrative Text (Jenis-jenis teks narrative) D. Language Features of Narrative Text Menggunakan past tense, contohnya dengan menggunakan verb 3 seperti killed, drunk, won, sent dan lainnya. Menggunakan keterangan waktu atau adverb of time, contohnya when, suddenly, before, until, soon. Menggunakan konjungsi waktu atau time conjunction, contohnya after, as soon as, then. Menggunakan karakter spesifik atau specific character, contohnya Aladin, Rapunzel, Cinderella. Kata kerja aksi atau action verbs, contohnya walked, wrote, bought, talked. Menggunakan direct speech atau kalimat langsung yang menggunakan present tense, contohnya Aladin say, “she is the one” Menggunakan saying and thinking verb atau kata kerja yang menunjukan ujaran, contohnya told, said, thought. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Contoh teks Narrative 1. True Friends Once upon a time, there were two close friends who were walking through the forest together. They knew that anything dangerous can happen any time in the forest. So they promised each other that they would always be together in any case of danger. Suddenly, they saw a large bear getting closer toward them. One of them climbed a nearby tree at once. But unfortunately the other one did not know how to climb up the tree. So being led by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless and pretended to be a dead man. The bear came near the one who was lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and slowly left the place because the bears do not want to touch the dead creatures. After that, the friend on the tree came down and asked his friend who was on the ground, "Friend, what did the bear whisper into your ears?" The other friend replied, "Just now the bear advised me not to believe a false friend". Moral of the story: True friend in need' s a friend indeed. Terjemahan bahasa Indonesia: Teman Sejati Pada suatu hari di masa lalu, ada dua orang berteman dekat yang berjalan melewati hutan bersama-sama. Mereka tahu bahwa di hutan bisa saja terjadi sesuatu yang berbahaya setiap saat. Oleh karena itu, dari awal mereka saling berjanji bahwa mereka akan selalu bersama-sama meski dalam keadaan bahaya sekalipun. Tiba-tiba, mereka melihat ada beruang besar yang semakin mendekat ke arah mereka. Kemudian seketika salah satu dari mereka memanjat pohon terdekat. Tetapi sayangnya teman yang satu lagi tidak tahu bagaimana caranya memanjat pohon. Jadi dia hanya terdorong oleh akal sehatnya, kemudian ia berbaring di tanah, menahan napasnya, dan berpura-pura menjadi orang yang sudah mati. Kemudian beruang itu datang dan mendekati orang yang sedang berbaring di tanah tersebut. Beruang itu pun mencium-cium telinganya, dan perlahan-lahan meninggalkan tempat tersebut karena beruang tidak mau menyentuh makhluk yang sudah mati. Setelah itu, temannya yang di pohon turun ke bawah dan bertanya kepada temannya yang berbaring di tanah itu, "Teman, apa yang beruang bisikkan ke telingamu?" , si temannya itu menjawab, "Tadi beruang itu mengatakan kepada saya untuk tidak percaya terhadap teman palsu ". Pesan Moral dari cerita: Seorang teman sejati yang kita butuhkan adalah teman yang sebenarnya.
Contoh teks Narrative 2. The Ant and the Dove One hot day, an ant was seeking some water. After walking around for a moment, she came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell unintentionally into the water. She could have sunk if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly put off a leaf from a tree and dropped it immediately into the water near the struggling ant. Then the ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground. Not long after that, there was a hunter nearby who was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it in this way. Guessing what he should do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net and the dove flew away quickly from this net. Moral of the story: One good turn deserves another. Terjemahan bahasa Indonesia: Semut dan Merpati Suatu hari yang panas, seekor semut sedang mencari air. Setelah beberapa saat berkeliling, dia sampai ke sebuah mata air. Untuk mencapai mata air itu, dia harus memanjat rumput terlebih dahulu. Saat dia memanjat ke atas, dia terpeleset dan secara tidak sengaja jatuh ke dalam air. Dia mungkin bisa saja tenggelam jika burung merpati yang sedang di atas pohon di dekatnya itu tidak melihatnya. Karena melihat si semut sedang dalam kesulitan, burung merpati pun cepat memetik daun dari pohon dan langsung menjatuhkannya ke dalam air dekat si semut yang mencoba menyelamatkan diri itu. Kemudian si semut pun bergerak menuju daun dan kemudian naik ke atasnya. Daun itu membawanya ke darat dengan selamat. Tidak lama kemudian, ada seorang pemburu yang membuang jaring ke arah burung merpati, berharap dengan cara ini bisa menjebak si burung merpati. Berpikir sejenak tentang apa yang harus dia lakukan, kemudian semut cepat menggigit tumit orang tersebut. Karena merasa sakit, si pemburu akhirnya menjatuhkan jaringnya dan kemudian burung merpati terbang keluar dari jaring tersebut dengan cepat. Pesan moral dari cerita: Satu perbuatan baik layak mendapat kebaikan yang lain.
Read the text to answer questions 1 - 4 Long time ago in a remote village, in central China was inhabited mainly with farmers and hunters. One day, a poor farmer lost his entire livestock to food. He prayed hard to God for help or his family would die of starvation. Few days later, an old man with long grey beard, passed by his house took pity on him. He gave him a goose and said “ I don’t have any expensive thing to give you and hope this goose will help you to ease your hardship.” A week later to almost surprise the farmer found an egg in his yard. This was no ordinary egg. It was a golden egg. He was suddenly overcome with joy. Thereafter, his livelihood had rapidly improved but the farmer had forgotten his earlier hardship. He became lazy, arrogant and spendthrift. Strangely, the goose only laid one golden egg every six months. The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his goose thinking there were plenty of golden eggs inside its stomach. Though he very much regretted for his foolishness, it’s already too late. 1. What can we learn from the story? A. Don’t be a lazy and an arrogant person. B. We have to thank to God whatever we have. C. We have to work hard to get a golden egg. D. Don’t forget to ask to God to get something. 2. What is the main idea of the second paragraph? A. The farmer prayed to God to have some food B. The oldman didn,t have any expensine thing. C. An old man passed by the farmer’s house. D. The farmer got a goose from an old man. 3. “ The greedy farmer lost his patient and slaughtered his goose....” ( last Paragraph ) What is the in meaning underlined word closest meaning to ... A. Shot B. Killed C. Dead D. Cut 4. What happened to the farmer after he slaughtered the goose? A. He became a very greedy man. B. He regrettes for his foolishness. C. He had many golden eggs from the goose. D. He got plenty of golden eggs in its stomach. The text is for number 5 to 8. One day a hungry fox approached a rooster and said, “I remember what a wonderful singer your father was. I wonder whether you can sing as well.” The rooster shut his eyes and began to sing. The fox snatched him with his mouth and carried him away. The people of the town cried. “Look. Look! The fox is carrying off our rooster!” Then the rooster said to the fox, ”Good heavens, do you understand? The people are saying that you are carrying off their rooster. Tell them quickly that it’s yours, and not theirs.” The fox opened his mouth and said. “it’s not your, it’s mine!” At the moment the rooster escaped from the fox’s mouth and flew into a tree. The fox was furious. He was hungry and now the rooster was out of reach. He could have eaten the rooster if he hadn’t talked so much. 4. What can we learn from the story? A.Roosters can sing well. B.It’s better not to eat rooster. C.It is wise not to talk too much. D.Never catch other people’s roosters. 5. The story above is about? A.A rooster and good heavens. B.A hungry fox and rooster. C.A wonderful singer. D.A brave rooster. 6. Tell them quickly that it’s yours, ” The underlined word refers to… A.the fox B.the rooster C.the people D.the town 7.Why did the fox carry the rooster away? A.Because he wanted to take him to his father. B.Because he wanted to feed the roster. C.Because he wanted to hear him singing. D.Because he wanted to eat the rooster contoh soal
The text is for question 9 to 12. On a hot day of summer, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came near the river. To drink the water, she climbed up on a small rock. While trying to drink the water, she slipped and fell into the river. A dove sitting on a branch of a tree saw the ant falling down into the river. The dove quickly plucked a leaf and dropped it into the river near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up onto it. Soon, the leaf drifted to dry ground, and the ant jumped out. She looked up to the tree and thanked the dove. Later, the same day, a bird catcher nearby was about to throw his net over the dove hoping to trap it. The ant saw him and guessed what he was about to do. The dove was resting and he had no idea about the bird catcher. The ant quickly bit him on the foot. Feeling the pain, the bird catcher dropped his net and let out a light scream. The dove noticed it and quickly flew away. 9.What lesson can we take from the story above? A.God helps those who help themselves. B.Never play in a hot day near the river. C.One good turn deserves another. D.Show your love to others. 10. What does the last paragraph tell us about? A.The dove was caught by a bird catcher. B.The ant helped a dove from the bird catcher. C.The ant expressed gratitude to the dove. D.The ant jumped into the river. Challenge your self in : https://quizizz.com/join? gc=09548295