Narrative TEXT

1) What do you know about

narrative text?

Tells about the story

Let’s learn about the narrative text

2) How’s about the generic

structure?

Introduction

Complication

conclusion

3) What kind of tense is usually

used?

Simple past tense

Orientation:

Complication:

Resolution:

Sources: Progress (2007)

GENERIC STRUCTURE

sets the scene and introduces

the participants (what, where,

when and who)

a crisis or problem arises

the crisis is resolved for

better or worse

Kajanthini Selvrasa never

imagined that on the very day she

planned to be married in Sri Lanka

she would be dealing with two

deaths, and then the news of her

grieving mother and father might not

be free to return with her to Canada,

for they lost their passports.

Narrat ive Of Gr ief And EscapeGeneric Structur

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Language

Features

SpecificParticipa

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Sources: Progress (2007)

Orientation

“You have two deaths in your family and this is how you are treated.” the exhausted Selvrasa, who lost her aunt and grandmother, murdered in her family’s home in Colombo.

Selvrasa, 23, of Mississauga and her fiancé, Benjamin Yogarajah, 28, of North York, had travelled with her parents to Sri Lanka for their wedding on the 29th of December. Her parents, Sri Lanka nationals who have lived in Toronto as landed immigrants for more than a decade, lost all their identification when the waves hit her grandmother’s home.

Generic Structur

e

Language

Features

Past Tense

Sources: Progress (2007)

Complication

Material Process

The Canadian high commission in Colombo told them they must reapply for the documents before they can come back.

“I know they have a lot of deal with,” said Yogarajah to Selvrasa.

“Yeah…” replied the hopeless Selvrasa. Selvrasa’s grandmother, Rasanayagam

Algaratnam, her aunt, Jayarannee Puvival, and Puvival’s husband and their three children were inside Algaratnam’s house when the surging water advanced on the home.

Generic Structur

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Language

Features

Past Tense

Sources: Progress (2007)

Complication Specific

Participant

Puvival’s husband scooped one of their

three children and ran, while a neighbor

carried a second to safety. But, a 9-year-old

boy remained with Algaratnam and Puvival,

who were searching for the family’s

passports when the water reached them.

The boy was pushed by the water’s force to

the ceiling, where he clung, frightened and

bleeding, as the women were engulfed.

Generic Structur

e

Language

Features

Past Tense

Sources: Progress (2007)

Complication

Material Process

Their bodies were

recovered, but only after

thieves had tripped Puvival’s

battered body of her wedding

jewellery

Generic Structur

e

Language

Features

Sources: Progress (2007)

Resolution

Temporal Circumstan

ce

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