english assignment

  NARRATIVE TEXT 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 . Generic Structure of Narrative Text - Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced. - Complication : Where the problems in the story developed. - Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved. - Coda / reorientation (optional) – lesson from the story Purpose of Narrative text The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story. Language Feature of Narrative Text – Past tense (killed, drunk, etc) – Adverb of time (Once upon a time, one day, etc) – Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc) – Specific character. The character of the...

  Enchanted Fish 🐟 Let's read the fairy tale!! "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. ...

  FIGURE OF SPEECH 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. Most figures in everyday speech are formed by extending the vocabulary of what is already familiar and better known to what is less well known. Thus  metaphors  (implied resemblances) derived from human physiology are commonly extended to nature or inanimate objects as in the expressions “the mouth of a river,” “the snout of a glacier,” “the bowels of the earth,” or “the eye of a needle.” Conversely, resemblances to natural phenomena are frequently applied to other areas, as in the expressions “a wave of enthusiasm,” “a ripple of excitement,” or “a storm of abuse.” Use of  simile  (a comparison, usually indicated by “like” or “as”...