Tugas 9 : Narrative, Descriptive, Expository, Procedure, and Recount Text

Name : Ferbawanti. S (47)

NARRATIVE TEXT

According to Isdaryanto (2012), narrative text is a text which contains about story (fiction/non fiction/tales/folktales/fables/myths/epic) and its plot consists of climax of the story (complication) then followed by the resolution.

A narrative text is a text amuse, entertain and deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. Narrative deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

According to Nurmansyah (2009), Descriptive Text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.

EXPOSITORY TEXT

According to Nordquist (2009), expository text is a text which is intended to give information about (or an explanation of) an issue, subject, method, or idea.

 

PROCEDURE TEXT

 

According to Gatzke (2003);

-        The purpose of a procedure is to tell the reader how to do or make something.

-        The information is presented in a logical sequence of events, which is broken up into small sequenced steps.

-        The most common example of a procedural text is a recipe.

RECOUNT TEXT

According to Purwanti (2011), recount text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the audience.

From the passages above, it can be assumed that narrative text is a text which contains climax and resolution and can entertain the readers; Descriptive text is a text which describe about something; Expository text is a text which give information about something; Procedure text is a text which tell the readers how to do something in a sequence of steps; Recount text is a text which tell the readers about past events.

References :

Gatzke.(2003). Procedural Text. Retrieved from: (http://www.google.co.id/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=13&ved=0CFgQFjACOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Factivemindsactivebodies.wikispaces.com%2Ffile%2Fview%2FProcedural%2BText.doc&ei=F8nUT8OeKozjrAe7u9z8Dw&usg=AFQjCNEm6xNxb0bdh6VLbZlysfE64CQX7g&sig2=eLTxK-FmOXdRqqEE9-yr9A)

Isdaryanto.(2012). Definition of Narrative Text. Retrieved from: (http://www.isdaryanto.com/definition-of-narrative-text)

Nordquist, Richard.(2009). Exposition. Retrieved from: (http://grammar.about.com/od/e/g/expositionterm.htm)

Nurmansyah, Dudie.(2009). Descriptive Text. Retrieved from: (http://dudienurmansyah.blogspot.com/2009/09/descriptive-text-definition-and-purpose.html)

Purwanti, Yayuk.(2011). Recount Text. Retrieved from: (http://englishbontang.blogspot.com/2011/08/recount-text-definition-sample.html)