NARRATIVE TEXT (part II)

Ada part II nya begini mengingatkan saya pada lagu Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie part II

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At 1^st cemester I already written about “narrative text”. But I’m going to remind you some of them. I add some parts that not already before. Here we go!

 Generic Structures:

 Orientation - Evaluation (optional) - Complication - Resolution

1.      Orientation: it is about WHO, WHEN, and WHERE the story happened.

2.      Evaluation: is optional; it is usually used to make the story more interesting.

3.      Complication: it is about the conflict or the big problem of the story. Complication is the part of the story in which there is a conflict among the characters of the story (it is possible to make more than one conflict in a complication), and it is the climax of the story (the big problem in the story). A story can have more than one complication.

4.      Resolution: it is the solution of the problem. It can be a happy or sad ending. In Resolution, the solution or the way out of the conflict/ the big problem must be written.

Coda: it is the change of one of the character or two, or the meaning of the story that can be caught as a moral value of life.

The grammatical features of narrative text are:

·         Use specific nouns: Romulus, Remus, a mother wolf

·         Use adjectives which form *noun phrases: their wicked uncle, the beautiful girl, the ugly duckling

·         Use time connectives and conjunctions: then, before, that, soon

·         Use adverbs and adverbial phrases: to the river bank, at the edge of street

·         Use action verbs: grabbed, picked up, walked

·         Use saying verbs: said, told, promised

*will be learned

ASKING FOR INFORMATION

This is my topic for presentation, with Puput and Brian. We got the last turn y know haha :D We have not made the video yet. But I will post the video here after we make it! Just wait okay!

“asking for information” is very common action in our daily life. We did it everyday and everywhere.

®    To ask information you can use :

·                     Could you tell me...?

·                     Do you know...?

·                     Do you happen to know...?

·                     I'd like to know...

·                     Could you find out...?

·                     I'm interested in...

·                     I'm looking for..  

·                     (Excuse me) can could you tell me....? 

·                     Do you know...?

·                     Could you give me some information about ... ?

·                     Have you got an idea of ...?

®    If you are asking by telephone, you can use:

-      I'm calling to find out...

-      I'm calling about... 

   

WH QUESTIONS 

When? Where?  Who?  Why?  How?  What?	Time Place  Person  Reason  Manner  Object/Idea/Action

®      To make a question using the predicate pattern, first form a yes/no question byinverting the subject and (first) auxiliary verb. Then, add the appropriate wh- word to the beginning of the sentence.

(You will leave some time.)	? will you leave When will you leave?
(He is doing something.)	? is he doing What is he doing?
(They have been somewhere.)	? have they been Where have they been?

®      If there is no auxiliary and the verb is "be," invert the subject and verb, then add the appropriate wh- word to the beginning of the sentence.

(He is someone.)	? is he Who is he?
(The meeting was some time.)	? was the meeting When was the meeting?

®      If there is no auxiliary and the verb is not "be," add do to the beginning of the sentence. Then add the appropriate wh-question word. Be sure to "transfer" the tense and number from the main verb to the word do. 

(You want something.)	? do you want What do you want?
(You went somewhere.)	? did you go (past tense) Where did you go?
(She likes something.)	? does she like (third person -s) What does she like?

®     Other words can also be used to inquire about specific information: 

Which (one)? Whose? Whom? How much? How many? How long? How often? How far? What kind (of)?

Choice of alternatives Possession Person (objective formal) Price, amount (non-count) Quantity (count) Duration Frequency Distance Description

I think that’s all complete enough, and hope you understand that. Goodluck ya!