The Story of Cinderella
Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Cinderella. She lived with her step mother and two step sisters.
The step mother and sisters were
conceited and bad tempered. They treated Cinderella very badly. Her step mothermade Cinderella do the hardest works in the house,
such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot and preparing the food for the family. The two step
sisters, on the other hand, did not work about the house. Their mother gave them many beautiful dresses to wear.
One day, the two
step sister received an invitation to the
ball that the prince was going to
give at the palace. They were excited about this and spent so much time choosing the dresses they
would wear. At last, the day of the ball came, and away went the sisters to it. Cinderella could not help crying after they had
left.
“Why are crying, Cinderella?” a voice asked. She looked
up and saw her fairy standing beside her, “because I want so
much to go to the ball” said Cinderella.
“Well” said the fairy,”you’ve been such a cheerful, hardworking, uncomplaining
girl that I am going to see that you do go to the ball”.
Magically, the fairy changed a pumpkin into a fine coach and mice into a
coachman and two footmen. Her fairy tapped Cinderella’s raged dress with her wand, and it became a
beautiful ball gown. Then she gave her a pair of pretty glass slippers. “Now,
Cinderella”, she said; “You must leave before midnight”. Then away she drove in
her beautiful coach.
Cinderella was
having a wonderfully good time in the palace. She danced again and
again with the prince. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward
the door as quickly as she could. In her hurry, one of her glass slipper was
left behind.
A few days later, the prince proclaimed that he
would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass slipper. Cinderella’s step
sisters tried on the slipper but it was too small for them, no
matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the prince page
let Cinderella try on the slipper. She stuck out her
foot and the page slipped the slipper on. It fitted perfectly.
Finally, she was brought to the palace. The prince
was overjoyed to see her again. They were married and live happily ever after.
Past Tense
Generic
Structure of Narrative Text
Orientation:
In this story, the first paragraph is clearly
seen to introduce the participants of the Cinderella Story. They were
Cinderella her self as the main character of the story, her step mother which treated Cinderella badly, and
her steps sister which supported her mother to make Cinderella was treated very
badly. Cinderella was introduced as a hero in this story. She struggled against
the bad treatment from her step
mother and sisters.
·
Once
upon a time, there was
a young girl named Cinderella. She lived with her step mother and two step sisters.
Complication:
The second and third paragraph
is the complication of this Cinderella story. Cinderella got bad treatment from
her stepmother. It is the bad crisis which drives into several minor
complications which Cinderella has to overcome.
·
The step
mother and sisters were conceited
and bad tempered. They treated Cinderella very badly. Her step mothermade Cinderella do the hardest works in the house,
such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot and preparing the food for the family. The two step
sisters, on the other hand, did not work about the house. Their mother gave
them many beautiful dresses to wear.
·
One day, the two step sister received an invitation to the
ball that the prince was going to give at the palace. They were excited
about this and spent so much time choosing the dresses they would wear. At
last, the day of the ball came, and away went the sisters to it. Cinderella could not help crying after they had
left.
Resolution:
In the fourth till the last
paragraph, it is said that finally Cinderella lived happily. It is the happy
resolution of the bad treatment.
·
“Why are crying, Cinderella?” a voice asked. She looked
up and saw her fairy standing beside her, “because I want so much to go to the
ball” said Cinderella. “Well”
said the fairy,”you’ve been such a cheerful, hardworking, uncomplaining girl
that I am going to see that you do go to the ball”.
·
Magically, the
fairy changed a pumpkin into a fine coach and mice into a coachman and two
footmen. Her fairy tapped Cinderella’s raged dress with her wand, and it became
a beautiful ball gown. Then she gave her a pair of pretty glass slippers. “Now,
Cinderella”, she said; “You must leave before midnight”. Then away she drove in
her beautiful coach.
·
Cinderella was having a wonderfully good time in
the palace. She danced again and again with the prince. Suddenly the clock
began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door as quickly as she could. In her
hurry, one of her glass slipper was left behind.
·
A few days later,
the prince proclaimed that he would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass
slipper. Cinderalla’s step sisters tried on the slipper but it was too small
for them, no matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the
prince page let Cinderella try on the slipper. She stuck out her
foot and the page slipped the slipper on. It fitted perfectly.
·
Finally, she was
brought to the palace. The prince was overjoyed to see her again. They were
married and live happily ever after.
Characteristic
·
Who : Cinderella, Step Mother, Cinderella’s Step
Sisters, Fairy,The Prince
·
Where : In The house, The Ball, The Palace
·
When : Midnight
Time Conjunction : Once upon a time, One day
Connectives : At last, After, Then,
A few days later, Finally
Tense : Past Tense
Action Verb : Treated,
scrubbing, cleaning, preparing, received, gave, choosing, came, crying, looked
up, saw, standing, hardworking, went, changed, tapped, left , drove, danced,
ran, proclaimed, tried, stuck out, fitted, married.
Saying Verb :
Said, asked
Mental Verb
: Conceited, bad tempered, overjoyed, excited.
Linking Verb : - Verb of
Sensation: Looked
-
Verb
of Existance: *be: were conceited and bad
tempered, was going, were
excited, are crying, am going, was left behind, was driven, was overjoyed, were
married.
