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Narrative Text: Definition, Generic Structure, Language Features, and the Example Definition:    o Narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people.    o Narrative text is a spoken or written account of connected events, a story.    o Narrative text is narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue.    o Narrative text is the practice or art or narration Generic Structure of Narrative Text: 1 . Orientation: It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced. (person, time, and place) 2 . Complication: where the problems in the story developed. 3 . Resolution: where the problems in the story is solved. Sometimes (generic structure) narrative text can be contained: Orientation, Complication, Evaluation, Resolution, and Reorientation. Even though “Evaluation” and “Reorientation” it is optional; can be added or not. Evaluation contains of controlling and evaluati...

 There once was a fisherman who lived with his wife in a small hut close by the seaside. The fisherman used to go fishing every day. One day, as he sat in his boat with his rod, looking at the sparkling waves and watching his line, all of a sudden his float was dragged away deep into the water. He quickly started to reel in his line and managed to pull out a huge fish. “Wow! This will feed us for days.” Much to his surprise, the fish started to talk and said, “Pray, let me live! I am not a real fish; I am an enchanted prince. Put me in the water again, and let me go! Have mercy o' kind fisherman.” The astonished fisherman quickly threw him back, exclaiming, “I don't want to hurt a talking fish! Go on! Go where you came from.” When the fisherman went home to his wife, he told her everything that had happened and how, on hearing it speak, he had let it go again. “Didn't you ask it for anything?” said the wife. “No, I didn't, what should I have asked for?” replied the fish...

 Figures of Speech Figures of speech lend themselves particularly well to literature and poetry. They also pack a punch in speeches and movie lines. Indeed, these tools abound in nearly every corner of life. Let's start with one of the more lyrical devices, alliteration. Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of the beginning sounds of neighboring words. Examples include: She sells seashells. Walter wondered where Winnie was. Blue baby bonnets bobbed through the bayou. Nick needed new notebooks. Fred fried frogs' legs on Friday. Anaphora Anaphora is a technique where several phrases or verses begin with the same word or words. Examples include: I came, I saw, I conquered. - Julius Caesar Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! - King John II, William Shakespeare It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. - A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in t...