RECOUNT TEXT

RECOUNT TEXT

By Diana Rosalina, S.Pd

Definition Recount Text

Recount text is a text that telling the reader about one story, action or activity. Its goal is to entertaining or informing the reader.

(sebuah teks yang menceritakan sebuah cerita, aksi ataupun aktifitas. Tujuan recount text adalah untuk menghibur atau memberi informasi kepada pembaca)

Or

Recount is a text which retells event or experiences in the past. (sebuah teks yang menceritakan kembali kejadian atau pengalaman di masa lampau)

Purpose of Recount Text

– To retell past experience

Generic structure of Recount Text

#Orientation : It gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text, such as who was involved, where it happened, and when it happened.

# Events : A series of events, ordered in a chronological sequence.

# Re-orientation :A personal comment about the event or what happened in the end.

we can called OREO (Orientation, Event, Re-orientation)

Language Features of Recount Text

– Using the simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, and past perfect continuous tense.

– Using temporal sequence, e.g. On Saturday. On Monday, On Sunday

– Focus on specific participant, e.g. I (the writer)

– Using the conjunctions, such as: then, before, after, etc.

– Using action verb, e.g. went, stayed

EXAMPLE

Being Late

Last morning, Dinar, my roommate woke up late and she had to go to campus.

When she wanted to take her motorcycle, in fact she couldn’t move it because there were some motorcycles that blocked up her motorcycle.

She tried to move all of the motorcycles, so that her motorcycle could move from the garage. But she couldn’t do it.

Then, she called Adel who had that motorcycle which blocked it up. After that, her friend who had that motorcycle helped her. Finally, she could move her motorcycle and rode it to go to campus.

A Beautiful Day at Jogja

Last week, my friends and I went to Jogja. We visited many places.

First, we visited Parangtritis beach. The sun shone brightly and the scenery was very beautiful there. We felt the wind blew across to us. We also saw a lot of people in that beach. There were many birds flew in the sky. Also, there were many sellers who sold many kinds of souvenirs.

Second, we visited Gembira Loka Zoo. We saw many kinds of animals there such as monkeys, tigers, crocodiles, snakes, etc. We looked around in that Zoo, and also took pictures of those animals.

Then, we felt hungry, so we went to a restaurant. As soon as we finished our lunc, we decided to go home.

For me, that was a beautiful day though I could not visit Malioboro. We really enjoyed it, and I hope I could visit Jogja again.