What is a Narrative Text?

A narrative text is a story whose main objective is to entertain and engage readers, by giving them an imaginative experience. The types of narrative texts that we will be focusing on are: Classic Tales, Legends, Myths and Fables. 


A Classic Tale is a short story specifically written for children that includes imaginary creatures, fantasy events that happened a long time ago, good and evil characters, the presence of Royalty, a problem that needs to be solved and a happy ending. Some examples of classic tales are 

  • Cinderella.

  • Snow white.

  • Pinocchio.

  • Sleeping beauty.


A Legend is a short story that narrates human actions that happened in a specific setting, time and place, they can include miracles or fantasy events that become more exaggerated over the time, they focus on individual characters and their achievements. Some examples of legends are: 

  • Mulan 

  • Robin Hood 

  • King Arthur


A Myth is a story (or explanation) of how a nature phenomenon or situation originated. Its characters are often supernatural or mystical beings like gods/goddesses. In these stories, the laws can be bent or broken. Some examples of myths are: 

  • Pandora’s Box

  • Hercules’s Missions

  • Thor’s Hammer 


A Fable is a short story that gives a moral lesson at the end. It includes a few and small characters that are often animals with human traits. They encountered a situation that involves a moral decision or some sort of conflict. Some examples of fables are: 

  • The Fox and The Crow

  • The Country Mouse and the City Mouse 

  • The Ant and The Grasshopper 



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Legends

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1. Robin Hood People have told stories about Robin Hood for more than 700 years. Nobody knows if he was a real person or an invented character. In the legends, Robin was extremely intelligent and had a playful sense of humour. He loved playing tricks on people. ‘Pick a card, any card!’ The stories say that Robin Hood was a skilled archer and he always carried a bow and arrow. ‘Ha ha, too easy!’ He wore green clothes and a hat with a green feather. He lived in Sherwood Forest with a group of outlaws, or criminals, known as his ‘Merry Men’. The group included Friar Tuck, ‘Mmm, yummy!’, Little John, who was unusually tall, ‘Little is just my nickname!’, and Robin’s true love, Maid Marian. ‘Take that!’ Sherwood Forest was a royal hunting forest near Nottingham in England. Most people thought that forests were dangerous places to go. People travelling through the forests were often robbed by outlaws. ‘Your money, please, my Lord!’ ‘Oh no, it’s Robin Hood!’ The stories say that Robin Hood on...
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Aesop's Fables

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The Cock and the Pearl A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. ‘Ho! ho!’ quoth he, ‘that’s for me,’ and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard? ‘You may be a treasure,’ quoth Master Cock, ‘to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.’ Precious things are for those that can prize them. The Wolf and the Lamb Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside, when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little lower down. ‘There’s my supper,’ thought he, ‘if only I can find some excuse to seize it.’ Then he called out to the Lamb, ‘How dare you muddle the water from which I am drinking?’ ‘Nay, master, nay,’ said Lambikin; ‘if the water be muddy up there, I cannot be the cause of it, for it runs down from you to me.’ ‘Well, th...
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Latino Urban Legends

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El Chupacabra El Chupacabras, which literally translates to “goat sucker,” is arguably the most famous Latino urban legend out there. That’s partly due to how often people report “sightings” of the creature all across the Western Hemisphere, including the southern United States. El Chupacabra is said to have both vampiric and lizard-like features. He is mostly known for sucking the blood out of livestock, though some say he also attacks and kills small animals like dogs and cats. In 2010, scientists offered a simple explanation for the legend of the Chupacabra. These mythical monsters, they said, are likely just coyotes suffering from severe cases of mange. But, who knows...? La Ciguapa These nymph-like creatures supposedly live in the caves and forests of the Dominican Republic’s mountainous regions, and they communicate with a distinctive wail. A Ciguapa is described as having dark or blue skin with slanted black eyes, long lustrous hair she uses to cover her body and backward facing...
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