The Schematic Structure of North Sumatran Folktales

This research aimed to analyze the schematic structure of North Sumatran folktales by using Systemic Functional Linguistic approach and concept narrative genre. Descriptive qualitative methods were used. The data collected through documentation analyzed interactive model proposed Miles, Huberman Saldana. researchers asked English university students write based on in form clauses taken from these writings. In analyzing data, labeled experiential function text was then identified written consisted following stages: orientation (OR), sequence events (Ev), stating problems (Pr), resolution (Re), coda (Co). So it could be patterned as follows: [Or]∧[Ev(