The Legend of Banyuwangi

Generic Structure

Narrative Text adalah salah satu jenis teks (genre) yang biasa
digunakan untuk menulis dongeng atau cerita maupun
kejadian diwaktu lampau yang mengandung permasalahan
(complication), yang mempunyai langkah-langkah retorika
(generic structure) yang terdiri dari: orientation,
complication, resolution dan re-orientation jika ada
(optional).

The Generic Structure of Narrative Text

Orientation: Introduces main characters, setting and

(Beginning or time
introduction) The opening paragraph introduces
characters / participants of the story and
sets the scene (it answers the questions
who, when, what and where)

Complication: The problem happens among the

(Middle) characters
It is about the problems which involve the
 main characters in the story developed

Resolution: The problem is dissolved

(Ending) It is about how the problems in the story
are solved (better or worse). Here, the
main characters find ways to solve the
problems.

The Social Function of Narrative Texts

The purpose is to entertain, create, stimulate emotions,

motivate, give and teach readers.
A narrative text usually has a moral value.
A narrative text may include folktales, myths, legends, etc.

Example:

BANYUWANGI

Orientation Once upon a time, there was a king reigned

in East Java named Sindureja. He had a prime
minister named Sidapaksa. Sidapaksa had a very
beautiful wife.
Sidapaksa loved his wife deeply. They lived
 in complete happiness. However, Sidapkasas
mother didnt like her daughter in law. Each day
she tried to think a way to separate Sidapaksa from
his wife.
Complication One day, King Sindureja asked Sidapaksa to
search for a bud of a magic flower on Mount Ijen.
It was a long journey. The assignment from the
king was so important and urgent. Sidapaksa had
to leave his pregnant wife.
Not long afterwards, a son was born. The
babys birth gave much happiness to the young
mother.
However, one day, while young mother was
bathing, her evil motherin-law threw the baby
into the river. Knowing that her baby had
disappeared, the young mother was very sad. She
could neither eat nor sleep. She became very ill.
Two years passed and Sidapaksa returned
from his journey. He succeeded in doing his duty.
Just as he was about to enter his house, her mother
told him that his wife had thrown their baby into
the river. Sidapaksa believed her mothers story.
He was too angry to use his common sense. He
drew his keris and approached her wife who was
lying weak on her bed.
Ah, Wicked woman. Tell me why you threw
our new-born child into the river. Tell me! he said
in a rough and angry voice.
Oh my dearest husband, I am innocent. I
love you, and our baby. I didnt kill our child. If
you dont believe me, carry me to the river. I will
 prove that I didnt do it replied his wife calmly.
Sidapaksa took her wife to the edge of the
river. Suddenly, his wife leaped up and threw
herself into the river.
Oh my God! How will I know who
killed my child? moaned Sidupaksa.
Resolution Then he looked down the water. Suddenly,
two pure white flower buds appeared, one longer
and taller than the other. A sweet fragrance came
from them.
Sidapaksa, come and have a look here!
Beside me is our child. He himself will tell you
who drowned him, the taller one spoke.
Father, my mother is innocent. Grandmother
threw me into the river. Now I am happy because
my beloved mother has come with me, The
smaller one spoke. Then, the two flowers vanished
into the water. They left their fragrance behind.
Since then, people call the city on its
banks of the river Banyuwangi. Banyu means
water and wangi means fragrant.

The Legend of Banyuwangi

Grammar

Ciri kebahasaan (lexica grammatical) dalam teks naratif di

antaranya yaitu:
Menggunakan Past Tense namun dapat pula dengan
present tense.
Nouns phrases sebagai subject maupun object.
Content verbs bentuk lampau (past verbs) seperti,
reigned, ordered, cursed, turned, married, dsb.
Adjectives yang menerangkan keadaan kata benda di
baliknya dan membentuk noun phrases, misalnya, long
black hair, two red apples, dsb.
Time sequence conjunctions untuk mengurutkan
kejadian-kejadian, misalnya then, before that, after that,
soon, when, finally, first, dsb.
Time expressions (ungkapan waktu) seperti once upon a
time, long ago, oneday, dsb.

The Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past Tense is used to talk an action that happened

in the past. It is used to tell a story.

The Simple Past Tense Pattern:

Subject + to be
(was/were)
Subject + verb past

To show past events you can use some adverbs of time, such
as Yesterday, Last week/days.month...year, Two months
ago, Five years ., A week , This morning, etc.
Examples:
Ratih was here yesterday.
They were my classmates in elementary school.
Lina ate pizza a week ago
I did this homework this morning

Vocabulary

Here are some verbs taken from the text:

Verb base Verb Past Verb base Verb Past

Believe Believed Throw Threw
Pass Passed Return Returned
Give gave Tell Told
Become Became Wick Wicked
Ask Asked Say Said
Love Loved Take Took
Reign Reigned Leap Leaped
 Have Had Kill Killed
Come Came Look Looked
vanish Vanished leave Left

Note:
Become = menjadi
Reign = berkuasa
Vanish = lenyap
Wick = jahat
Leap = melompat

Noun Phrases

Noun Phrases are phrases that function in the same way as

nouns, (subjects, direct objects or indirect objects)

The noun phrases in table 1 consist of adjective + noun,

meanwhile noun phrases in table 2 consist of noun + noun

Adjective + Noun Noun + Noun

1. complex form 1. team effort
2. medical facility 2. patients welfare
3. diagnostic 3. hospital personnels
procedures 4. specialty hospitals
4. primary 5. patient population
hospitals 6. rehabilitation
5. tertiary department
instructions 7. entrance door
6. modern 8. cash register
technology 9. order number
7. acute care
8. restricted group
9. fast food