Description
of narrative writing
What
is Narrative?
The word narrative is synonymous with story. A narrative is the story (fiction or
non-fiction) told and the order in which it is told. It is focusing some
specific participants that have several structural features making different
from other genres. Sometimes, there is a
narrator, a character or series of characters, who tell the story. Sometimes,
as with most non-fiction, the author himself or herself in the narrator.
Why Write Narrative?
Narrative writing
is very important in your day-to-day life.
For the rest of your life, you will write texts, e-mails, cover letters,
blogs, etc. about your beliefs, your ambitions, information you know, and
feelings you have. What could be more
important?
Narrative writing
in fiction and non-fiction (and even poetry) tells others the stories of our
personal experiences and allows us to gain empathy and sympathy about the world
around us.
When
you make narrative there are three
requirement to write a good narration. Firstly, the first sentences should arise
interest, secondly, the story should be told in a step by step other, thirdly,
the story should be built to a climax. In another hand you can pay attention
with the language features of narrative text. Its include of using processes
verb, using temporal conjunction, using simple past tense but it can be present
tense, future tense etc. After you able to comprehense it. It’s make it easy to
make narrative writting.
How to differ from other writing genres
Narrative
have several features making different from other genres. Narrative differs from other types of non fiction and
fiction in purpose and features.
Purpose
The primary purpose of
informational text is to convey information about the natural or social world,
typically from someone presumed to know that information to someone presumed not
to, with particular linguistic features such as headings and technical
vocabulary to help accomplish that purpose. By our definition, therefore,
biography is nonfiction but is not informational text, because its primary
purpose is to convey information about an individual’s life. Procedural or
how-to text is also nonfiction, but not informational text because its primary purpose
is to tell someone how to do something, not convey information about some thing.
Nonfiction narrative or “true stories”
are also nonfiction but not informational text, because their primary purpose
is to tell of an event or series of events that have occurred. This is not
to say that biography, procedural text, nonfiction narrative, and other types
of nonfiction are not important; they are just not the same as informational
text.
Features
It is important to talk
about the different types or genres of nonfiction narrative not only because
they have different purposes, but because they have different features to
achieve those purposes. Narrative have For example, biographies typically focus on a single
individual and specific points in time. In contrast, informational
texts, as we define them, talk about whole classes of things and in a
timeless way (for example, “Sharks live in water.”), they therefore have a
generalizing quality. Other common features of informational texts include
presentation and repetition of a topic or theme, descriptions of attributes and
characteristic events, comparative or contrastive and classifactory structures,
technical vocabulary, realistic illustrations or photographs.
The steps how to make a narrative writing
Step 1
Determine an idea or topic
(It is consist of an idea that the writer experience
that happened in the past)
Example : An accident
Step 2
Determine the topic sentence
(Introducing the key information will be in the
narrative paragraph)
Example : An unforgettable experience in my life
was an accident.
A
Controlling idea
A Topic
Step 3
Write and develop supporting sentences.
(Describing the introduction, characters, setting, plot, climax)
Example :
Topic sentence : An
unforgettable experience in my life was
an accident.
Supporting sentence 1 : When I was at elementary
school, I and my mother got an accident.
Supporting sentence 2 : Suddenly, My motorcycle
collisioned by other motorcycle from the back side.
Supporting sentence 3 : I and my mother got wound in
the right arm.
Supporting sentence 4 : I and my mother helped by
the people arround there.
Step 4
Write a concluding sentence
(it is consist of conclusion)
Example :
Type concluding sentence : logical
Concluding sentence : I and my mother got an
accident it can caused by careless.
Narrative Paragraph
Being An Assistant of Laboratory
An unforgettable
experience in my education background was being an assistant laboratory. Last two month ago, I had a good
chance.That chance was selection of assistant laboratory at muhammadiyah
university of metro. My friends were interested to follow it.
After final examination of the third semester, I
listed assistant laboratory. At first, to list it. I collected the file that used to listed it. Afterwards I
submitted it to Miss Widi as staff in the laboratory. Then she
selected all of file that have been submitted to selection interview test and
microteaching test. While I
waited the announcement from her, I prepared to follow interview test and
studied about the components of english skill and grammar. One week later, I got announcement from the staff that I
passed the selection to follow interview test and microteaching test. There
were eight students that passed the selection.
A day after it,
at 8 o’clock, I and my friends come to the language laboratory for
following interview test. While I waited my turn, I prepared it. Suddenly I felt very nervous. One hour later, I followed interview test. Then
I entered the head’s laboratory room nervously. I tried to control that feeling
in order to I can do it well. Unfortunately, I can’t controlled it but I always
tried it. For 20 minutes, I given ten questions to answer
clearly by interviewer. Next day, I followed microteaching test. I felt confuse about this test because I
never do it before. When
the test was running, I got difficult how to handle the class because the
students of the class were very noisy. After finished it, I waited the announcement.
I felt very worry with the announcement
because I didn’t want my parents was disappointed of me. I always pray to God.
Hopefully, he can blessing my prayer.
At last, when interview was running I tried to calm down to answer the question. My
nervous was decrease and I can answered the questions with clearly. Then,
when the microteaching test was running I
tried to explain the material although most of the sudents still noisy. On february 24th 2014, announcement have been announced by
staff laboratory that I passed the test and being an assistant of laboratory. I
thankfully to God because of his blessing I being an assistant laboratory.
I
felt very happy and lucky for my chance. However,
my great achievement as an experience that will ever forget in my education
background and make my parents proud of me.
No
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Topic Sentences
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The
reason of sentences is called as the topic sentence
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1
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An unforgettable
experience in my education background was being an assistant laboratory.
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The
sentence called as topic sentence because it contains both a topic and a
controlling idea.
Controlling idea
: An
Unforgettable experience in my education background
Topic : was being an assistant laboratory
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2
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After final
examination of the third semester, I listed assistant laboratory.
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The sentence called as topic
sentences because it is generally in paragraph.
Controlling idea : after final examination of the third semester
Topic : I listed
assistant laboratory.
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3
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A day after it, at 8 o’clock, I and my friends come to the
language laboratory for following interview test.
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The
sentence called as topic sentence because it has a complete sentence.
Controlling idea
: A day after
it, at 8 o’clock, I and my friends
come to the language laboratory
Topic : for following
interview test
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4
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My nervous was
decrease and I can answered the questions with clearly.
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The sentence called as topic sentence
because it is generally in paragraph.
Controlling idea : My nervous was decrease
Topic : I can answered the questions with clearly.
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5
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I
felt very happy and lucky for my chance.
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The
sentence called as topic sentence because it has complete sentence.
Controlling idea
: I felt very happy
Topic : lucky for my chance.
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