Identifying Narrative Paragraph With and Without Topic Sentence

A Piece of Glory under the Yellow Flag

My name is M Fatkhu Arifin, I was a new student of unpopular senior high school. In the new day I had new uniform, new class, new style, but some old friends. I’m already well known before I studied at that school because I was the son of the principal of the school. Having that reputation, I felt unsatisfied. I thought that having that reputation was only make me bridled. I had to watch my attitudes, I had to be a rule model of others, and the worst I cannot made my own rules. Actually I didn’t like to be restrained, that was why I tried to freed myself.

I led a lot of ways to make my own reputation. No matter it was bad way, I just wanted to free. In the early year of my school career, I was a naughty boy. I did many bad things at that time such skipping the school, coming late, smoking in the canteen, fighting another students even the teachers. Until one day, bad experience came over to me.

When I was there on the day, in the beautiful morning I came to the school earlier. I didn’t know why it could be. I joined the class and slept during the lesson. When the break time had come, it was like a piece of gold for me and my friends. I and some of my friends smoked in the canteen as usual. Actually I already had a bad feeling about that day, but I thought everything is going to be fine. Just a few minutes we enjoyed that freedom; suddenly the principal raided us without any warning. “Who smoke in this area?!” the principal was furious of knowing the fact. “Answer me!” he spoke louder than ever, but no one dare enough to answer his question. Then he forced us to come to his office “come to my office, now!” and especially to me he said “how dare you slap my face!” while he slapped my face with a piece of paper. In his office, he threatened to drop me out from the school because what I had done included of the worst crime ever.

After that moment, no one tried to do anything except obeyed the rules. The school days were seems very stressful. And I realized that what I had done was the wrong way to reach my own reputation. But it showed me what the students really wanted. Then it motivated me to do something bigger. I remember that students had an organization which had stop moving for three years old before I came. And I thought it could be a bridge to make students exist with their aspiration. I decided to collect some of my friends and invited them to make our organization rise again.

Day by day was passed in hard way. It wasn’t easy to build up again. Everyone felt doubt on my effort. But whole students were the reason for me to keep moving. I said to everyone who obstructed my step “I think it doesn’t meter who I was, the question is how far you can fulfill the students’ necessary? If we don’t start right now means we wait for our failed”.

Finally, all of those efforts gave significant result. The next year the number of new student always increase. They interested to study in my school. We had so many students’ activity besides formal lesson. The following years filled by many achievements done by the students. I felt so proud that what I saw really comes true. I keep those memories as a piece of glory under the yellow flag.

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A Piece of Glory under the Yellow flag
Orientation		My name is M Fatkhu Arifin, I was a new student of unpopular senior high school. In the new day I had new uniform, new class, new style, but some old friends. I’m already well known before I studied at that school because I was the son of the principal of the school. Having that reputation, I felt unsatisfied. I thought that having that reputation was only make me bridled. I had to watch my attitudes, I had to be a rule model of others, and the worst I cannot made my own rules. Actually I didn’t like to be restrained, that was why I tried to freed myself.
Complication	Pre-Complication	I led a lot of ways to make my own reputation. No matter it was bad way, I just wanted to free. In the early year of my school career, I was a naughty boy. I did many bad things at that time such skipping the school, coming late, smoking in the canteen, fighting another students even the teachers. Until one day, bad experience came over to me.
	Climax	When I was there on the day, in the beautiful morning I came to the school earlier. I didn’t know why it could be. I joined the class and slept during the lesson. When the break time had come, it was like a piece of gold for me and my friends. I and some of my friends smoked in the canteen as usual. Actually I already had a bad feeling about that day, but I thought everything is going to be fine. Just a few minutes we enjoyed that freedom; suddenly the principal raided us without any warning. “Who smoke in this area?!” the principal was furious of knowing the fact. “Answer me!” he spoke louder than ever, but no one dare enough to answer his question. Then he forced us to come to his office “come to my office, now!” and especially to me he said “how dare you slap my face!” while he slapped my face with a piece of paper. In his office, he threatened to drop me out from the school because what I had done included of the worst crime ever.
	Post-Complication	After that moment, no one tried to do anything except obeyed the rules. The school days were seems very stressful. And I realized that what I had done was the wrong way to reach my own reputation. But it showed me what the students really wanted. Then it motivated me to do something bigger. I remember that students had an organization which had stop moving for three years old before I came. And I thought it could be a bridge to make students exist with their aspiration. I decided to collect some of my friends and invited them to make our organization rise again.
Resolution		Day by day was passed in hard way. It wasn’t easy to build up again. Everyone felt doubt on my effort. But whole students were the reason for me to keep moving. I said to everyone who obstructed my step “I think it doesn’t meter who I was, the question is how far you can fulfill the students’ necessary? If we don’t start right now means we wait for our failed”.
Re-Orientation		Finally, all of those efforts gave significant result. The next year the number of new student always increase. They interested to study in my school. We had so many students’ activity besides formal lesson. The following years filled by many achievements done by the students. I felt so proud that what I saw really comes true. I keep those memories as a piece of glory under the yellow flag.

Note  :

·       Plot                      : Forward

·       Characters           : I, the principal, my friends, students

·       Setting of Place    : Unpopular school

·       Setting of Time     : In the beautiful morning, next year, following years.

·       The red types are the chronological order.

·       The Bold sentences are the topic sentences.

·       All of the topic sentences are followed by supporting sentences.