Narrative

Narrative adalah teks biasanya berupa dongeng, fabel, mitos, dan sebagainya.  Berbeda dengan RECOUNT yang berisi tentang pengalaman seseorang, ataupun SPOOF yang berisi cerita lucu, teks bergenre NARRATIVE lebih cenderung berisi tentang cerita dengan permasalahan tertentu dan disertai dengan pemecahan masalah atau ending cerita yang bisa berupa akhir yang menyedihkan atau membahagiakan.

Untuk menghasilkan teks ini ada 3 tahap, yaitu:

1. menuliskan atau memperkenalkan tokoh yang terlibat, menjelaskan tempat, dan waktu (Orientation).

2. mengembangkan cerita berupa konflik atau permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh tokoh-tokoh yang ada di dalam cerita.  BIsa satu atau lebih masalah yang dikemukakan (Complication).

3. setelah mengemukakan masalah, tahap selanjutnya adalah menuliskan pemecahan masalah (Resolution).  Dalam pemecahan masalah juga bisa lebih dari satu, dan biasanya diakhiri dengan final resolution.

My Day at the Beach

Last week my friend and I were bored after three weeks of holidays, so we rode our bikes to Smith Beach, which is only five kilometres from where I live.  When we arrived at the beach, we were surprised to see there was hardly anyone there.  After having a quick dip in the ocean, which was really cold, we realized one reason there were not many people there.  It was also quite windy.

After we bought some hot chips at the takeaway store nearby, we rode our bikes down the beach for a while, on the hard, damp part of the sand.  We had the wind behind us and, before we knew it, we were many miles down the beach.  Before we made the long trip back, we decided to paddle our feet in the water for a while, and then sit down for a rest.  While we were sitting on the beach, just chatting, it suddenly dawned on us that all the way back, we would be riding into the strong wind.

When we finally made it back home, we were both totally exhausted!  But we learned some good lessons that day.

 

1. What is the purpose of the text above?

a)      Retell experience for the purpose of entertaining

b)      Retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining

c)      Retell events for the purpose of persuading

d)      Retell events for the purpose of explaining

e)      Retell events for the purpose of research

 

2. When did the writer go to the beach?

a)      Yesterday

b)      Last week

c)      Three weeks of holidays

d)      Now

e)      Then

 

3. What is the name of the beach?

a)      John

b)      Brown

c)      Alpha

d)      Omaha

e)      Smith

 

4. Which is not true based on the story?

a)      The writer and his friends went to the beach because they were boring

b)      They bought some hot chips

c)      It needed to ride about 5 kilometres to reach the beach

d)      They were facing windy road

e)      Many people were at the beach when they got there

 

5. Who are the participants in the story?

a)      The readers

b)      The people

c)      The hot chips

d)      Smith

e)      The writer and his friends

 

6. How did the story end?

a)      Embarrassing

b)      Annoying

c)      Sad

d)      Happy

e)      Funny

 

7. How is the generic structure of recount?

a)      Orientation-events-evaluation

b)      Twist-events-reorientation

c)      Orientation-twist-reorientation

d)      Orientation-events-reorientation

e)      Goal-materials-steps

 

8. Which of the following word belongs to temporal sequence?

a)      Arrived at

b)      Three weeks

c)      Hot chips

d)      After

e)      Was

Jogjakarta

                On Wednesday, my students and I went to Jogjakarta. We stayed at Dirgahayu Hotel which is not far from Malioboro. On Thursday, we visited the temples in Prambanan. There are three big temples, the Brahmana, Syiwa, and Wisnu temples. They are really amazing. We visited only Brahma and Syiwa temples, because Wisnu temple was being renovated. On Friday morning, we went to Jogja Kraton. We spent about two hours there. We were lucky because we were led by a smart and friendly guide. Then we continued our journey to Borobudur. We arrived there at four p.m. At 5 p.m. we heard announcement that Borobudur gate would be closed. In the evening we left for Jakarta by Wisata bus.

 

1.      The text mainly discusses ……

a.       the writer’s trip to jogjakarta

b.       the writer’s first visit to Prambanan

c.       the writer’s impression about the guide

d.       the writer’s experience at Jogja Kraton

e.       the writer’s impression about Borobudur

 

2.      Which temple was being renovated?

a.       Syiwa

b.       Wisnu

c.       Brahma

d.       Borobudur

e.       Syiwa and Wisnu

 

3.      Which of the following statements is TRUE?

a.       The writer and the students went to Jogjakarta for having a

          research

b.       The writer went to Borobudur first and then to Kraton

c.       The writer was very disappointed with the guide

d.       Malioboro is very far from Dirgahayu Hotel

e.       The writer left for Jakarta on Friday

Recount

RECOUNT adalah jenis teks yang berisi tentang kegiatan yang sudah dilakukan di masa lalu secara berurutan.  Contohnya adalah teks yang menceritakan pengalaman seseorang, biasanya berupa liburan atau kunjungan ke suatu tempat, yang diceritakan secara detail, artinya jika liburan selama seminggu, maka teks tersebut berisi tentang kegiatan-kegiatan yang dilakukan mulai dari hari pertama, kedua, ketiga, dan seterusnya hingga liburan berakhir.  Contoh lain dari teks recount adalah teks atau tulisan yang ada di diari.  Selain itu juga ada teks “laporan harian polisi” mengenai suatu kejadian yang diceritakan secara terperinci juga disebut sebagai teks recount.

 

Genre                      : Recount

Social function    : To tell the readers what happened in the past through a

                                     sequence of events

Text organization:

1.      Orientation

        (Who were involved in the story, when, and where)

2.      Events

        (Tell what happened in a chronological order)

3.      Evaluation

        (Comments of the writer/speaker due to the experience)

4.      Re-orientation

        (Optional – The conclusion on the experience)

Untuk menghasilkan teks recount, ada 4 tahap yang bisa ditulis, yaitu:

1. Pertama, kita harus memperkenalkan atau menceritakan orang yang terlibat dalam cerita, keterangan tempat, dan waktu (Orientation).

2. Kemudian kita menceritakan semua kegiatan yang terjadi secara berurutan, biasanya kita menggunakan kata first, then, next, etc.(Events).

3. Kita bisa memberikan komentar terhadap suatu kejadian, biasanya untuk pengalaman pribadi  atau personal recount, contohnya What a beautiful beach, or How cute he was (Evaluation)

4. Kemudian diakhiri dengan simpulan atau perasaan penulis tentang pengalaman tersebut, contohnya: I was so happy, or We were so tired (Re-orientation)

Contoh teks recount mengenai pengalaman seseorang mengunjungi suatu tempat: 

My Day at the Beach

 

 

Last week my friend and I were bored after three weeks of holidays, so we rode our bikes to Smith Beach, which is only five kilometres from where I live (Orientation).  When we arrived at the beach, we were surprised to see there was hardly anyone there.  After having a quick dip in the ocean, which was really cold, we realized one reason there were not many people there.  It was also quite windy.

After we bought some hot chips at the takeaway store nearby, we rode our bikes down the beach for a while, on the hard, damp part of the sand.  We had the wind behind us and, before we knew it, we were many miles down the beach.  Before we made the long trip back, we decided to paddle our feet in the water for a while, and then sit down for a rest.  While we were sitting on the beach, just chatting, it suddenly dawned on us that all the way back, we would be riding into the strong wind. (Events)

When we finally made it back home, we were both totally exhausted!  But we learned some good lessons that day. (Re-orientation)