Contoh Narrative Text beserta Strukturnya

KOMPAS.com –Narrative text merupakan salah satu jenis teks bahasa Inggris yang berupa cerita. Bagaimana struktur sebuah narrative text? Sebuah surat mempunyai tujuan yang berbeda-beda. Bagaimana cara mencari tujuannya?

Melansir Cambridge Dictionary, narrative adalah cerita atau deskripsi dari serangkaian peristiwa. Maka, narrative text juga berisi serangkaian peristiwa.

Struktur dari narrative text adalah orientation, complication, dan resolution. Berikut contoh narrative text sesuai dengan strukturnya:

Crying Stone (Story from Kalimantan)

Orientation
Once upon a time, in Kalimantan. There lived a mother with her daughter. The daughter was really a beautiful girl. But, she had a bad character. She was arrogant, lazy girl. She never helped her mother to do some house work. She always admired her beauty every day.

The girl was also a spoiled girl, when she wanted something, his mother had to make it. The girl’s mother was really pity. She had to work day and night, but the girl was doing nothing.

Baca juga: Narrative Text: Pengertian, Struktur dan Karakteristiknya

Complication
One day, the girl and her mother went out. They wanted to buy something in the market. The location of the market was really far from home, so they had to walk miles away.

The girl was walking in front of her mother. She wore a beautiful dress. Meanwhile, her mother was walking behind the girl. The mother’s dress was dirty and ugly. She brought an umbrella. No one expected that the two people who walked was a mother and her daughter.

When they entered the village, the villagers saw the girl and admired her. They’re so amazed with the girl’s beauty. But, when they saw the woman who walked behind the girl they wondered. Who was the old woman?

One of the villagers asked to the girl.
“Hey, beautiful girl. Is that your mother who walks behind you?” asked one of the villagers.

The girl arrogantly said, “Of course no, she is my maid,” said the girl.

They continued the journey. And then, a young man met them and asked a question.

“Hey sweety, is that your mother who walks behind you?” asked the young man.

“No… of course no, can’t you see that? She’s really different with me. How could you say that she is my mother? She is my slave,” replied the girl.

Everytime they walked, the girl said that the woman walked behind her was her maid/her slave. She never admitted that the woman is her mother.

The mother was really disappointed with her daughter. She couldn’t bear it. The girl’s saying hurt her heart. The poor mother finally prayed to God.

“Oh God, I can’t stand this. My daughter always humiliates me. I am so disappointed with her. Please give her punishment, God, please…” prayed the mother.

Baca juga: Folktale dan Contohnya

Resolution
With the Power of God, suddenly the girl’s body turned into a stone little by little. The changes of the body started from the leg and the other parts of the body. The girl cried and asked for a help to her mother.

“Please forgive me mother…forgive my attitude…please mother…please help me,” cried the girl. But, it was too late. All of the girl’s body was turned into a stone.

Although all of the girl’s body was turned into a stone, the people still could see that the stone was crying. The people called the stone “The Crying Stone”.

(Sumber: Kusrini. (2020). Indonesian Folklore 3 [PDF file]. Tersedia di aplikasi iPusnas.)

Orientation memuat perkenalan tokoh beserta latar ceritanya. Di bagian orientation, kita bisa melihat bahwa tokoh utamanya ialah “the girl” dan “the mother”. Latarnya berada di Kalimantan dan peristiwanya terjadi di suatu saat pada jaman dahulu (once upon a time). Di bagian tersebut juga dijelaskan watak dari tokoh “the girl” dan ibunya.

Di bagian complication, masalah dimulai dengan cerita di mana tokoh utama dan ibunya pergi ke pasar dan sang anak yang tidak mengakui ibunya saat ditanya oleh orang-orang. Konflik pun terjadi pada emosi sang ibu, dan klimaksnya terjadi saat ibu dari gadis itu merasa kecewa dan memohon pada Tuhan agar Tuhan menghukum putrinya.

Di akhir cerita, di bagian resolution, atau penyelesaian, Tuhan mengabulkan doa sang ibu. Si gadis berubah menjadi batu namun ia masih tetap menangis. Akhir dari cerita ini merupakan peristiwa yang tragis.