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Narrative TEXT
1) What do you know about
narrative text?
Tells about the story
Let’s learn about the narrative text
2) How’s about the generic
structure?
Introduction
Complication
conclusion
3) What kind of tense is usually
used?
Simple past tense
Orientation:
Complication:
Resolution:
Sources: Progress (2007)
GENERIC STRUCTURE
sets the scene and introduces
the participants (what, where,
when and who)
a crisis or problem arises
the crisis is resolved for
better or worse
Kajanthini Selvrasa never
imagined that on the very day she
planned to be married in Sri Lanka
she would be dealing with two
deaths, and then the news of her
grieving mother and father might not
be free to return with her to Canada,
for they lost their passports.
Narrat ive Of Gr ief And EscapeGeneric Structur
e
Language
Features
SpecificParticipa
nt
Sources: Progress (2007)
Orientation
“You have two deaths in your family and this is how you are treated.” the exhausted Selvrasa, who lost her aunt and grandmother, murdered in her family’s home in Colombo.
Selvrasa, 23, of Mississauga and her fiancé, Benjamin Yogarajah, 28, of North York, had travelled with her parents to Sri Lanka for their wedding on the 29th of December. Her parents, Sri Lanka nationals who have lived in Toronto as landed immigrants for more than a decade, lost all their identification when the waves hit her grandmother’s home.
Generic Structur
e
Language
Features
Past Tense
Sources: Progress (2007)
Complication
Material Process
The Canadian high commission in Colombo told them they must reapply for the documents before they can come back.
“I know they have a lot of deal with,” said Yogarajah to Selvrasa.
“Yeah…” replied the hopeless Selvrasa. Selvrasa’s grandmother, Rasanayagam
Algaratnam, her aunt, Jayarannee Puvival, and Puvival’s husband and their three children were inside Algaratnam’s house when the surging water advanced on the home.
Generic Structur
e
Language
Features
Past Tense
Sources: Progress (2007)
Complication Specific
Participant
Puvival’s husband scooped one of their
three children and ran, while a neighbor
carried a second to safety. But, a 9-year-old
boy remained with Algaratnam and Puvival,
who were searching for the family’s
passports when the water reached them.
The boy was pushed by the water’s force to
the ceiling, where he clung, frightened and
bleeding, as the women were engulfed.
Generic Structur
e
Language
Features
Past Tense
Sources: Progress (2007)
Complication
Material Process
Their bodies were
recovered, but only after
thieves had tripped Puvival’s
battered body of her wedding
jewellery
Generic Structur
e
Language
Features
Sources: Progress (2007)
Resolution
Temporal Circumstan
ce
Answer sheet
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