CHARACTERISTICS/FEATURES OF ORAL NARRATIVES.

  1. Oral narratives have Moral values.
  2. Chants, sayings and songs.
  3. Oral narratives have Simple plot and a major topic of discussion e.g. theft, injustice or immorality.
  4. A narrative is an account around a character i.e. people or animals e.g. in a story about the hare who refused to dig a well, we have animal characters.
  5. Oral narratives normally have a conflict.
  6. Oral narratives have repetition and personification.
  7. Oral narratives have Sequence i.e. they start with stating a tale and it can’t end until the crisis is resolved.
  8. Oral narratives have Opening and closing formula e.g. once upon a time and that is the end of my story respectively.
  9. Oral narratives have Gestures during performance/presentation.

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