Generic Structure of Narrative Text

Narrative text is a type of text that tells a story with the purpose of entertaining readers and often giving a moral lesson. It usually follows a clear structure consisting of orientation, complication, climax, and resolution. 

By understanding this structure, students can easily identify the flow of a story, from the introduction of characters and setting, the rise of problems, the peak of conflict, until the story ends with a solution.

Generic Tructure of Penanggungan Mountain Legend :

Generic Structure of Narrative Text

1. Orientation

   • Introduces the characters, setting (time and place), and background of the story.

   • Example: “A long time ago, an old man lived on Mount Penanggungan with his daughter...”

2. Complication

   • The part where a problem or conflict begins to appear. It makes the story interesting.

   • Example: “Jaka became arrogant and refused to share the rice seeds with poor neighbors.”

3. Climax

   • The highest tension of the story, where the problem reaches its peak.

   • Example: “Kiai came to remind Jaka, but both Jaka and Dewi ignored him.”

4. Resolution

   • The ending of the story where the problem is solved, either happily or sadly.

   • Example: “Jaka and Dewi turned into temples, which later were called Pari Temple.”

Listening Narrative Text. The Legend of Penanggungan Mountain

The Legend of Pari Temple

Listen and fill in the blank spaces with the correct words from the audio script.

A long time ago, an old man named Kiai Gede Penanggungan .......(1) on Penanggungan Mountain. He had supernatural ....... (2) and a ....... daughter(3), Dewi Walangangin, who was still unmarried. He prayed day and night for her, until one day a young man named Jaka Pandelegan .............(4) wishing to be his student. Kiai agreed but on one condition: Jaka must marry Dewi. Jaka accepted, and the .............. (5) lived happily.

Kiai taught Jaka many things. After years .................(6), the couple left to start a new life. Before they went, Kiai gave them pari (rice) seeds with a ..........(7): share with others and never be arrogant. In their new place, the seeds grew abundantly, making them rich. When poor neighbors ...........(8) for seeds, Jaka refused and told them to work hard instead.

Hearing this, Kiai visited to remind him of his ...........(9), but both Jaka and Dewi ignored him. Angered, Kiai said, “You two are like ..........(10), unable to listen.” Suddenly, they turned into temples. Because they stood among rice fields, people named them Pari Temple.

After completing and comprehending the story, now answer the following questions correctly.

1. Where did Kiai Gede Penanggungan live?
a. On Merapi Mountain
b. On Penanggungan Mountain
c. In a rice field
d. In a temple

2. Why did Kiai Gede Penanggungan pray day and night?
a. He wanted more rice seeds
b. He wished for a student
c. He hoped his daughter would get married
d. He asked for supernatural power

3. What condition did Kiai give to Jaka Pandelegan before accepting him as a student?
a. To live on the mountain forever
b. To marry Dewi Walangangin
c. To share rice with neighbors
d. To build a temple

4. What caused Kiai Gede Penanggungan to be angry with Jaka and Dewi?
a. They left him without saying goodbye
b. They wasted the rice seeds
c. They ignored him and broke their promise
d. They moved to another mountain

5. Why were the temples called Pari Temple?
a. Because they were built by farmers
b. Because they stood among rice fields
c. Because Pari was Jaka’s name
d. Because Dewi loved rice