Penjelasan:

READING COMPREHENSION

ORIENTATION

A long time ago, there was a village near Arberdeen called “Hong Kong Ts’un” or “Incense Harbour Village”. The incense grown there was famous throughout China. Some of it was even sent to the Chinese Emperor. Some people believe that the name Hong Kong comes from this village.

COMPLICATION

One day, the Emperor wanted some incense sent to him from the village. The villagers did not send it to him. The Emperor then ordered his officer to arrest the village headmen and cut off their heads. After that, everyone ran away from the village and no more incense was grown there.

RESOLUTION

But some other people believe that Hong Kong is named after a container for burning incense. Long, long ago, this container was picked up in the harbor. It was kept in a tample at Causeway Bay. The place where it was found was called “Hong Kong” or “Incense Harbour”

There is a third story that Hong Kong is named after a woman called Hong ku. She was the wife of a pirate chief. After her husband died, she became the leader of the pirates. She then moved to the island which is now called Hong Kong. If this story is true, the name “Hong kong” means “Hong’s Harbour”.

According to yet another story, Hong Kong is named after a stream near Pokfulan Road. The water was very pleasant to drink. Many years ago, people used to go there to collect drinking water. The stream was called “Hong Kong” or “sweet stream”.

LANGUAGE FEATURES

Using simple past tense

One day, the Emperor wanted some incense sent to him from the village. The villagers did not send it to him. The Emperor then ordered his officer to arrest the village headmen and cut off their heads. After that, everyone ran away from the village and no more incense was grown there.

Using adverb of time

[A long time ago, one day, long ago]

Using temporal conjunction

[After that, then]

EXPLANATION

Narrative text adalah genre teks yang dikembangkan berdasarkan alur tertentu yg melibatkan emosi pembacanya. Narrative teks pada umumnya disajikan dalam bentuk cerita-cerita fiksi, seperti : mitos, legenda, fabel yang bertujuan untuk menghibur para pembaca.

GENERIC STRUCTURE

▶Orientation  

Paragraf ini mencakup latar belakang cerita [scene], pengenalan tokoh, waktu terjadi perkara dan keterangan tempat yang disajikan dalam cerita.  

▶Complication

Paragraf ini memuat terjadinya  awal konflik hingga berkembang menjadi konflik yang kompleks (klimaks) dan memerlukan jalan pemecahannya.

▶Resolution

Paragraf ini memuat  penyelesaian akhir dari permasalahan yang muncul, apakah berakhir happy ending atau sad ending.

▶Coda/Re-Orientation [Epilogue]

Berisi tentang pesan-pesan moral positif yang dapat disimpulkan dari kisah/cerita yang disajikan. Tidak semua teks naratif menyuratkan koda di akhir paragrafny.