+ 20 examples of NARRATIONS

A narrative text It is a story that explains real or fictional events and that is set in a specific place and time (although this can be modified as the story progresses). In our daily lives, narration is part of our way to express ourselves since we explained a gossip to our friend, until we heard the story that our grandfather lived.

As narrative texts are so important today, in this lesson from a TEACHER we want to explain everything about them and to give you examples of narratives , so you can see it even more clearly.

Before discovering the examples of narratives, we are going to know the different types. The Narrative texts they are always created from the point of view of a narrator, who can be a character that is included in the story or not. There are different types of narrative texts and are next.

Story

A story It's more of a literary narrative. short and composed of few characters. The story is made up of a single conflict that is first introduced, developed to a climax, and finally resolved.

Novel

The novel it is a literary narrative superior to the story in length and development. It is much longer and has many characters that interact with each other. The novel is usually composed of a main conflict and several plots that revolve around it and are resolved throughout the story. They are usually divided into chapters.

Comic

It's a kind of storytelling combine text with graphic elements that support history. They are usually composed of a main character and several secondary characters. Everything that is said is written inside balloons that come out of the drawn characters.

Joke

It is a short story that uses profanity, irony, puns and more resources in order to make you laugh to the person who receives it. They are usually very short and direct.

Daily

It is made up of a series of stories written by an author in first person. This tries to express facts or personal experiences that have happened to him and orders them with the date of the day.

Biography

These types of texts seek narrate a person's life and explain all the facts that he did throughout his existence. It may be that the person himself is still alive or has already passed away. Generally, biographies are written about characters who are significant within society, so it is interesting to make their life known. If the biography has been written by the same person about whom it is spoken, we will be in front of a autobiography.

Chronicle

A chronicle It is a text in which a series of events that occurred in a ordered and chronological. It is widely used in the journalism sector.

Myth

myth is a fantastic story that explains the origin of a place, a character or a specific event.

Legend

The legend is a type of narrative text that mixes the real facts with supernatural events.

epic poetry

The epic poetry is the narration of legendary facts real or fictitious.

Reportage

A report is a journalistic investigation extensive about a person or an event.

Depending on the type of narrative text, the structure will adapt to the story we are telling and the format we are using. For example, the difference in structure between a short story and a novel is that in the first all the sections will be shorter, while in the second each of them will enjoy more extension.

Regardless of the type of narrative text, always will follow the same structure:

• Approach: The characters, the place and the moment in which the action happens are presented. In this first section is where the main conflict of the literary work appears.
• Knot: It is the part of the structure of the narrative text that occupies a greater extension. In this section the story unfolds and the characters contribute their grain of sand to try to resolve the conflict. There is a critical moment, known as climax, which is when the characters are solving the conflict and go directly to the third section of the structure of a narrative text.
• Outcome: In this section, the conflict that the characters have been fighting for throughout the narrative text is resolved. You can also include a conclusion or a moral.

We leave you with a couple of examples of narratives focused on the folk tales that you have surely heard.

Tale of The ugly Duckling

This tale tells the story of a duckling who was born different from the rest and everyone else made fun of him. One day, the duck decides to leave his home in search of ducks that look like him. When he finds them, these birds explain to him that he is not an ordinary duck, but a swan and will be the most beautiful of flying animals.

Tale of The cat with boots

The story of The cat with boots tells the story of a man who dies and leaves his children several objects as an inheritance. The youngest son inherits a cat, which soon begins to speak and show great intelligence. The tale narrates the adventures of this cat who defeats the ogre of the kingdom and makes the man marry the princess.

We leave you with a couple of examples of short stories.

Chronicle: Freddy Mercury cloneby Leila Guerriero

"Two hours ago, when it all started, people weren't screaming. No one raised their fists, closed their eyes, or gazed at the stage with rapture. Two hours ago they were all doing a low-voltage hysteria dress rehearsal out there on the street, when the five of them—dark glasses, leather pants—they got out of the rented limousine, polarized, old, amid the smoke from the sausages that were roasting in the stalls strays Two hours ago, when it all started, people were clapping a little, and nothing else. People shouted a little, and nothing more. People danced a little, and nothing else"

Novel: The Wild Detectives, by Roberto Bolano

"Until then I had attended the workshop four times and nothing had ever happened, which is saying something, because All things considered, things always happened: we read poems and Álamo, depending on whether he was in the mood, praised them or pulverized; one read, Álamo criticized, another read, Álamo criticized, another read again, Álamo criticized.

Sometimes Álamo would get bored and ask us (those of us who didn't read at the time) to criticize too, and then we would criticize and Álamo would start reading the newspaper."

Joke: the pair of shoes

A boy arrives at the park, a friend approaches him and whispers in his ear:

— You have on a brown shoe and a black one!

And the boy replies:

— And that's nothing, in my house I have another pair just like it.

let's put some examples of epic poetry, so that you can recognize them if you find them written.

The Iliad, from Homer

"Minerva, the goddess with shining eyes, said to him: "I come from heaven to appease your anger, if you obey; and Juno sends me, the goddess with the white arms, who loves you both cordially, and for you she cares. Come on, stop arguing, don't unsheathe your sword and insult him with words as you see fit. What I am going to say will be fulfilled: For this outrage you will be offered one day triple and splendid gifts. Dominate yourself and obey us."

Swift-footed Achilles answered: "It is necessary, oh goddess, to do what you command, even if the heart is very angry. Doing this is the best. Whoever obeys the gods is well cared for by them."

Battle of Tejar April 13by Hector Miranda

"The mariachi troops that there on the highway

they were blocked in a mad rush

they wanted again Carthage to take

fall by surprise and defeat the Grand Paladin.

They engaged in combat with the rearguard located in Tejar

they confidently entered the town in silence

the insurgent troops were already waiting for them

and in fierce combat it was soon braided"

We end this lesson on story examples with the captions. This is a example of a short caption, which will help you understand this type of narrative text.

legend of The cenote zací

Cenotes are freshwater wells created as a result of the erosion of limestone and are found in Mexico.

The Zaci cenote was located within a city with the same name. There lived a young woman named Sac-Nicte, the granddaughter of a witch. Sac-Nicte was in love with Hul-Kin, son of the village chief. The witch's family and the cacique's family were enemies, so the young people saw each other in secret.

When the father found out about the affair, he sent Hul-Kin to another town, to marry another young woman. The witch performed rituals for Hul-Kin to return and bring joy back to her granddaughter, but all to no avail.

The night before Hul-Kin's wedding, Sac-Nicte threw himself into the cenote with a stone tied to his hair. At the moment of the young woman's death, Hul-Kin felt a pain in his chest that forced him to return to Zaci. Upon learning what had happened, Hul-Kin also threw himself into the cenote and drowned. Finally, the witch's spells had been answered, and Hul-Kin had returned to stay with Sac-Nicte forever."

We hope this lesson has helped you understand what is a narrative text and to see some examples. If you are interested in continuing to learn more about this topic or something similar, do not hesitate to consult our writing section.