Narrative Text
Purpose: To tell a story or describe a sequence of events.
Examples: Novels, short stories, fairy tales, biographies.
Features: Characters, setting, plot (beginning, middle, end), conflict,
and resolution.
Narrative Text
Purpose:
The main goal of a narrative text is to entertain, inform, or reflect
on experiences by telling a story. It may be fictional or based on real
events. Narrative texts help readers connect emotionally by
following characters through a journey or series of events.
📚 Examples (with more detail):
1. "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis
Type: Fantasy novel (fiction)
Story Summary: Four children enter a magical world through a
wardrobe and become involved in a battle between good
(Aslan the lion) and evil (the White Witch). The story includes
magic, mythical creatures, and strong themes of bravery and
sacrifice.
Narrative Focus: Hero’s journey, moral growth, good vs. evil.
2. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" by J.K. Rowling
Type: Fantasy/adventure novel (fiction)
Story Summary: Orphaned Harry discovers he’s a wizard, goes
to Hogwarts, makes friends and enemies, and prevents the
powerful Sorcerer's Stone from being stolen.
Narrative Focus: Discovery, friendship, overcoming obstacles,
magical world-building.
3. "The Diary of Anne Frank"
Type: Autobiographical diary (non-fiction, personal narrative)
Story Summary: Anne Frank writes about her life while hiding
from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II. Her diary
captures daily struggles, fears, hopes, and the emotional
experiences of a teenage girl in hiding.
Narrative Focus: Real-life experience, historical context,
personal growth.
Features of Narrative Text (Explained in more depth):
Feature Explanation Examples
People or beings who
- Lucy, Edmund, Aslan (Narnia) -
Characte carry the story. They
Harry, Ron, Hermione (Harry Potter)
rs may be real or
- Anne Frank, her family (Diary)
fictional.
The location and time
period where the - Narnia (a magical world) -
Setting story occurs. Helps Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
create the world of Wizardry - Amsterdam during WWII
the narrative.
- Discovery of Narnia → Fight the
The sequence of
Witch → Become kings/queens -
events that form the
Plot Discover Hogwarts → Solve mystery
story: beginning,
→ Defeat villain - Life in hiding →
middle, and end.
Emotional and historical events
The main problem or
- Battle against evil (White Witch) -
challenge faced by
Confronting danger and secrets
Conflict the characters. Often
(Voldemort) - Fear of being
drives the action of
discovered by Nazis
the story.
Resolutio The way the story - The children defeat the Witch and
n ends or how the rule Narnia - Harry prevents the
conflict is resolved. Sorcerer’s Stone from being stolen -
Can be happy, sad, or Anne’s diary ends abruptly; the
open-ended. story ends with her capture, but her
Feature Explanation Examples
voice lives on
