StoryTeller

  A. The definition of narrative text Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems. An important part of narrative text is the narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a process narration. B. The purpose of narrative text The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story. C. Generic Structures of Narrative Text 1) Orientation Sets the scene: where and when the story happened and introduces the participants of the story: who and what is involved in the story. 2) Complication Tells the beginning of the problems which leads to the crisis (climax) of the main participants. 3) Resolution The problem (the crisis) is resolved, either in a happy ending or in a sad (tragic) ending 4) Re-orientation/Coda This is a closing remark to the story and it is optional. It consists  of  a  moral  lesson,  advice  or  tea...

  "Enchanted Fish" 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...

  A  figure of speech  is a word or phrase that possesses a separate meaning from its literal definition. It can be a  metaphor  or  simile , designed to make a comparison. It can be the repetition of  alliteration  or the exaggeration of  hyperbole  to provide a dramatic effect. Types of Figures of Speech The term  figure of speech   covers a wide range of literary devices, techniques, and other forms of figurative language, a few of which include: Simile Metaphor Personification Paradox Understatement Metonymy Apostrophe Hyperbole Synecdoche Irony Pun Euphemism Epigram Oxymoron Antithesis Litotes Alliteration Onomatopoeia Circumlocution Pleonasm Common Examples of Figures of Speech Used in Conversation Many people use figures of speech in conversation as a way of clarifying or emphasizing what they mean. Here are some common examples of conversational figures of speech: Hyperbole Hyperbole   is a figure of speech that ut...