Create a Narrative Text

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In this blog, I will present my own narrative text.

The Struggle of a Street Singer

to Become a Famous Singer

One day there was a child who was singing at a red light. The child is named Rizky. Rizky was forced to do this because his father had died and his mother was sick. He had to work to make ends meet and eat daily. He lives with his mother in a house that is arguably less suitable to live in. Even though he should have gone to school like the other friends, circumstances forced him to do all of this.

Until one day when Rizky was around looking for a place to hang out, he saw a father who was walking while receiving a call and then when he took something in his pants, suddenly his wallet fell. Rizky who saw it immediately took his wallet and he returned it to the man. The man just said thank you while catching a glimpse of Rizky's face. After returning his wallet, Rizky rushed to his house because the sky was almost dark and he also had to take care of his mother who was sick.

A few days after the incident, when Rizky was singing at a red light, he met the father he helped again and the man was attracted by his voice because his voice was beautiful, melodious and distinctive, he wanted to make Rizky a great singer. Then the man invited Rizky to come with him as a sign of gratitude for finding his fallen wallet. It turned out that Rizky was invited to a restaurant not far from there. Then the man introduced his name, it turned out that his name was Pak Irwan. Then Mr. Irwan offered Rizky to eat, but he refused because he remembered that his mother was at home who had not eaten, but Mr. Irwan convinced Rizky and promised to buy his mother food too and take her home. After finishing the meal, the father invited Rizky to chat while waiting for food for his mother to come, but suddenly Mr. Irwan offered Rizky to record a song and make him a singer. Of course he was interested in the offer because he wanted to become a singer, but he had to discuss it with his mother first and Mr. Irwan allowed him and gave his card so that Rizky could easily contact him. Then, after the food for his mother arrived, Rizky said goodbye to go home because he was worried about his mother.

At night, before going to bed Rizky discusses the offer given by the father with his mother, then his mother agrees and says that if you have succeeded in becoming a famous singer, you must not be arrogant and remain humble. In addition to asking his mother for permission, he did not forget to pray for directions to God.

Several years later, Rizky's life has changed, unlike before. Currently Rizky has become a famous singer and has many fans. He also has a house, a car, etc. But his attitude and character have not changed at all, he remains a polite, responsible, humble person, not arrogant, etc. He also always remembers his mother until now his mother has also recovered and is not sick anymore. He also always remembers his services and is very grateful because Mr. Irwan has made him the famous singer he is today.

 

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ENCHANTED FISH - Narrative Text

 

Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh.

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In this blog, I will discuss the enchanted fish and I will also tell you the places that I think have the enchanted fish.

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What is Narrative Text?

Narrative text is a fictional story or an essay made to entertain readers. Narrative text we usually encounter in the form of fairy tales, folk tales, and other fictional stories. The purpose of narrative text, as mentioned above, is to entertain readers / listeners in a story with sequential events that lead to a climax, and finally find a solution.

Generic Structure of Narrative Text

Narrative text has 3 structures like this:

o  Orientation, The Orientation section contains the introduction of the characters, the background, place and time of the story. (who, what, when and where)

o   Complication In the complication section, problems begin to emerge and must be resolved by the main character in the story.

o   Resolution is where the story ends. In this section the problem is resolved by the main character. In the Resolution section, there is usually moral values ​​or advice from the story or what is commonly referred to as Coda.

Use of Grammar in Narrative Text

In Narrative text we have to use the past or past form, because this story is made up or fiction. The form of tenses can use the past perfect, past continuous, past perfect continuous, or it could be past future continuous. All of these rules should not be used as a reference because the tense refers to the conditions and situations of the sentence.

Characteristics of Narrative Text

o   Using the Verb Action in Past Tense Forms. For example: Walked, Said, Wondered, etc.

o   Using certain nouns as pronouns for certain people, animals and objects in the story. For example: the princess, the girl, the queen, etc.

o   Using adjectives that form a noun phrase. For example: The red riding hood, the poisoned apple, etc.

o   Use Time Connectives and Conjunctions to sort events. For example: before, after, then, next, soon, etc.

o   Uses Adverbs and Adverbial Phrase to show the location of an incident or event. For example: on the sea, in the mountain, there, happily ever after, etc.

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 the wife. “No, I didn't, what should I have asked for?” replied the fisherman.

“I am surprised you don't realize what you should have asked for. We live very wretchedly here, in this nasty dirty hut. We are poor and I am so miserable. You should have asked for a nice cozy cottage. Now go back and ask the fish that we want a snug little cottage”, said his wife

The fisherman wasn't sure about this but he still went to the seashore, sat in his boat, went to the middle of the sea and said:

“O enchanted beautiful fish!

Hear my plea!

My wife wants not what I want,

and she won't give up till she has her own will,

so come forth and help me!”

The fish immediately came swimming to him, and said, “Well, what is her will? How can I help your wife?” “Ah!” said the fisherman, “she says that when I had caught you, I ought to have asked you for something before I let you go. She does not like living in our little hut, and wants a snug little cottage.” “Go home, then,” said the fish, “She is already in the cottage!” So the fisherman went home, and saw his wife standing at the door of a nice trim little cottage. “Come in, come on in! Look at the beautiful cottage we have.” Everything went fine for a while, and then one day fisherman's wife said, “Husband, there is not enough room for us in this cottage, go back to the fish and tell him to make me an emperor.” “Wife,” said the fisherman, “I don't want to go to him again. Perhaps he will be angry. We ought to be happy with what the fish has given us and not be greedy.” “Nonsense!” said the wife; “The fish will do it very willingly, I know. Go along and try!” With a heavy heart the fisherman went to the middle of the sea and said:

“O enchanted beautiful fish!

Hear my plea!

My wife wants not what I want,

and she won't give up till she has her own will,

so come forth and help me!”

“What would she have now?” said the fish. “Ah!” said the fisherman, “she wantsto be an emperor.” “Go home,” said the fish; “She is an emperor already.”

So he went home and he saw his wife sitting on a very lofty throne made of solid gold, with a great crown on her head full two yards high. And on each side of her stood her guards and attendants in a row. The fisherman went up to her and said, “Wife, are you an emperor?” “Yes”, said she, “I am an emperor.” “Ah!” said the man, as he gazed upon her, “What a fine thing it is to be an emperor!” “Husband,” said she, “it is good to be an emperor.” They were happy for a while

Then a time came when she was not able to sleep all night for she was thinking what she should ask next. At last, as she was about to fall asleep, morning broke, and the sun rose. “Ha!'” thought she, as she woke up and looked at it through the window, “after all I cannot prevent the sun from rising.” At this thought she was very angry, and wakened her husband, and said, “Husband, go to the fish and tell him I must be Lord of the sun and the moon.” The fisherman was half asleep, but the thought frightened him so much that he fell out of the bed. “Alas, wife!” said he, “cannot you be happy with being such a  powerful emperor?” “No,” said she, “I am very uneasy as long as the sun and the moon rise without my permission. Go to the fish at once!” “I don't think this is a good idea,” said the fisherman but his wife wouldn't listen to him. “ Why don't you just go and ask the fish to make me the Lord of everything,” she said.

Then the man went shivering with fear. As he was going down to the shore a dreadful storm arose. The trees and the very rocks shook and the sky became black with stormy clouds. There were great black waves, swelling up like mountains with crowns of white foam upon their heads. Unfortunately the fisherman did not have any choice, so he got onto his boat and rowed to the middle of the sea and cried out as loud as he could:

“O enchanted beautiful fish!

Hear my plea!

My wife wants not what I want,

and she won't give up till she has her own will,

so come forth and help me!”

“What does she want now?” said the fish. “I am truly ashamed of my wife's greed but I can't do anything. She wants to be Lord of the sun and the moon. “Go home,” said the fish, “to your small hut.” And it is said that they live there to this very day.

I want to tell you readers a place that I think has an enchanted fish

Wayag Island

Wayag is a Raja Ampat icon, who comes to Raja Ampat must visit this destination. Wayag is the farthest island from Raja Ampat. Therefore, to arrive at this place, it takes six to seven hours by speedboat and must depart at night or dawn. Or if we want to get a lot of moments we should stay around the Wayag area, there is International Conservation here. We can ask for their help to take us around and up the top of the karst hills in Wayag. This hilly island has white sand and is surrounded by other small islands. To get a photo or a beautiful view, we have to go to the top of the hill which can be reached for one to 2 hours of climbing on the hard reef. From the top of this hill, we can see the whole view of Raja Ampat.

Keep in mind that to climb the cliffs and karst in Wayag, you should wear shoes, or at least mountain sandals with a back strap. The reason is, the karst here is very sharp and dangerous, besides that, just bring what you need, if you can't bring it, you should ask for help from the ship crew or guide to be able to carry our goods.

Source :

o   https://www.jagoanbahasainggris.com/2017/02/materi-narrative-text-beserta-dialog-dan-soal-latihan.html

o   https://travel.kompas.com/read/2014/07/07/112941827/Inilah.Wayag.Ikonnya.Raja.Ampat.Papua?page=all

That is the material about narrative text and its examples and the place where I think there is an enchanted fish.  See you on the next blog

Figure Of Speech

 

Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh.

Welcome back to my blog 

In this blog I will discuss figure of speech in "A Whole New World"

Theory

Definition of Figure of Speech

In Indonesia, Figure of Speech is often defined as the use and use of language and body to have certain effects on readers that tend to affect the reader's emotions.  It is a beautiful language that reinforces sentence structure to convey an imaginative impression or to give a certain impression to readers and listeners.

Basically, figure of speech in English and Indonesian have similarities because the function of the figure of speech itself is to perfect the structure of the sentence so that it has an imaginative and emotional impression for readers and listeners.  Even some figure of speech in Indonesian is adapted from the figure of speech in English.

Types and examples of Figure of speech

1. Idiomatic

Maybe some of us are familiar with several terms such as golden voice, loan shark, puffed up, discouraged, and others. These terms are examples of idioms or in English it is also called Idomatic Phrase. From this example, we can explain that idioms are combinations of words that have a meaning that is not the true meaning of the words.

The meaning of words from idioms cannot be interpreted by translating the elements of the words. Even in some situations, idiomatic terms can only be understood by certain groups. Its use in English can be exemplified as follows.

• This letter have seen better days and unreadable
• I say it from the bottom of my heart

Consider the example above. The first sentence contains the word "have seen better days" when translated directly it means "better days have been seen". If we just translate these words have no meaning even though the real meaning of "have seen better days" is "already damaged". This is also the case with the second example.

2. Alliteration

Alliteration is a repetition of words in a consonant sound in the first letter of at least two words and phrases on one line. The term alliteration itself comes from Latin which means putting the letters together. An example of an English alliteration figure is as follows.

• Come see softer side of Sears
• In Philadelphia, people can pay a parking ticket by phone

From the example above we can observe that the main characteristic of alliteration is the presence of the same consonant in several words in one line.

3. Onomatopoeia

In everyday interactions, we may have imitated sounds from animals or other objects to help explain understanding to our interlocutors. This in English literature is called Onomatopoeia. So the definition of Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates, resembles, or shows the sound source of the object to be conveyed. The name of the object is usually derived from the sound associated with the object. An example of Onomatopoeia can be obtained from the following fragment of poetry by Lee Emmet from Australia.

• “whoosh, passing breeze”
• “flags flutter and flap”
• “frog croaks, bird whistles”
• “babbling bubbles from tap”

The words that are written in bold on the fragment of the poem are the sound form of the object being explained.

4. Personification

In Indonesian, the personification figure of speech has a characteristic that is used to turn on inanimate objects. Likewise in English, personification is used to bring an inanimate object to life as if doing something like a living thing. An example of personification in : 

• English is as follows.
• I see the moon follow me wherever I go
• He did not realize that opportunity was knocking on his door

In the first sentence the moon is depicted as living and continuing to follow wherever it goes. Likewise with the second sentence which assumes as if the opportunity is alive and comes knocking on the door.

5. Cliche

Have we ever heard some of the terms or slogans that appear in the mass media and electronics? So the terms and slogans are included in the cliche figure of speech. Cliche is a collection of various words in sentences and phrases that are often spoken so that these terms become common. Usually the words in a cliche are said by people who are famous or most influential. An example of a cliche in English is as follows.

• No pain, no gain
• Practice makes perfect

6. Simile

Simile language found in Indonesian is almost the same as that used in English, usually used to compare something that is attached to the subject with objects that have certain characteristics. An example of a simile figure is as follows.

• His heart is as hard as a rock
• Her hope is like a candle in the dark

The main characteristic in simile is the presence of conjunctions "like", "as", "such as", "as if", and others.

7. Metaphor

Metaphore or in Indonesian is often called Majas Metaphor is a figure of speech which is often used to compare something. This language is almost the same as simile, the difference is that simile uses conjunctions such as "like", "as", "such as", "as if" but the metaphore does not use conjunctions. An example of a metaphore is as follows.

• He is feeling blue after his father passed away
• My mother is the light of my life

8. Hyperbole

Hyperbole is a figure of speech that is often used to create emphasis effects by using excessive, strong, and repetitive words. As in other sentence connotations, hyperbole can have positive or negative meanings. An example of a hyperbole in English is as follows.

• It was cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets
• I have told you a thousand times

Source : https://azbahasainggris.com/majas-dalam-bahasa-inggris

A Whole New World - Aladdin

 

I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride

A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us, "No"
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
(Now I'm in a whole new world with you)

Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky

A whole new world (don't you dare close your eyes)
A hundred thousand things to see (hold your breath, it gets better)
I'm like a shooting star, I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be
A whole new world
With new horizons to pursue
I'll chase them anywhere
There's time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you

A whole new world (a whole new world)
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us, "No"
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
A whole new world (every turn, a surprise)
With new horizons to pursue (every moment, red-letter)
I'll chase them anywhere, there's time to spare
And then we're home (there's time to spare)
Let me share this whole new world with you

A whole new world (a whole new world)
That's where we'll be (that's where we'll be)
A thrilling chase (a wondrous place)
For you and me

"A Whole New World" is a song from the 1992 Disney animated film, Aladdin, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice.  The song is a ballad between the main characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the new world they will find together during Aladin's magic carpet.  . Versions sung by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga during this film.  They also performed the song in their character at the 65th Academy Awards, where it won the Academy Awards Best Original Song and was also the first and only Disney song to win a Grammy Award for Song of The Year at the 36th Grammy Awards.  In 2014, Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed performed the song as Aladdin and Jasmine in the Broadway film.

 A single version of the previous song was released that year and was performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle.  This version was played at the end of the film and referred to the sound track as "Aladdin's Theme."  This version topped the Billboard Hot 100 charts on March 6, 1993, replacing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", which had spent the next 14 weeks on the section.  top ranking.  He earned gold and sold 600,000 copies domestically.  The song managed to reach 12th place on the UK Singles Chart in 1992. It was the first and only song from a Disney animated film to top the Billboard Hot 100. The single version was later included on the Belle Passion studio album (1993) and  on the studio album.  Bryson Through the Fire (1994).  The Latin American version of the song, "Un Mundo Ideal", by Ricardo Montaner and Michelle received screenings throughout Latin America.  The song was later included on the hit album Montaner Éxitos y ... Algo Más (1993).

The meaning of the song A Whole New World, which is the soundtrack of the film Aladdin, is to live a new page of life, still love in simplicity, dare to face all the challenges of life where every turn is a surprise that awaits.

Figure Of Speech in A whole New World

 a.  Hyperbole

•  I can show you the world
•  That now I am in a new world with you
•  A hundred thousand things to see
•  I will chase them anywhere

 b.  Alliteration

•  Shine, sparkle, beautiful
•  You last let your heart decide?
•  Make you wonder
•  A new world
•  Nobody told us they didn't
•  Don't you dare close your eyes
•  A hundred thousand things to see
•  There is free time
•  Let me share this new world with you
•  There we will be

 c.  Figuratively

•  I am like a shooting star

 d.  Embodiment

•  With new horizons to pursue

 e.  Metaphor

•  Every time red letters

 f.  Onomatopoeia

•  Every turn is always a surprise

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That is Figure of Speech material and an example of a metaphor in the song A Whole New World.  Enough for this blog, see you on the next blog.  Have a nice day.