Narrative Text

Narrative is a kind of text genre which usually tells about the imaginative story or fiction. The examples of narrative text are fairytale, folklore, legend, and fable.
Social Function:
Narrative text has some functions such as, to amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in different way.
Language Feature:

• The use of Past Tense
• The use of uncertain adverb of time as the opening, such as: Once upon a time, Long time ago, In a far away time, etc.
• The use of temporal conjunction
• The use of direct speech or there must exist some dialogs between the characters

The Example of narrative text