Recount Text

RECOUNT TEXT / Grade 8

By Suci Wulandari M, S.S

SMP NEGERI 23 DEPOK​

Pengertian Recount Text

Recount Text adalah salah satu jenis teks yang berisi cerita pengalaman kita di masa lampau. Pengertian itu bisa kita ketahui dari namanya saja, yaitu Recount yang bermakna ‘menceritakan kembali’.

Personal Recount  adalah teks yang berisi pengalaman pribadi kita. Contoh singkat yang dapat kita jumpai sehari-hari, yaitu diary (buku harian), jurnal harian, note yang bertuliskan tentang kejadian yang kita alami hari ini atau tweet yang berisi curhatan kita . Itu semua bisa dirangkai menjadi sebuah Recount Text.

Teks recount ditulis untuk menceritakan kembali pengalaman di masa lampau dalam urutan kronologis​

Recount text is written to retell past events or experiences in a chronological order

Social Function

​Fungsi Sosial

Generic Structure

• Orientation (introducing sentences)

• Events (series of activities)

• Reorientation (conclusion)

• Orientasi (kalimat perkenalan/pembuka)

• Kejadian (serangkaian aktifitas)

• Reorientasi (kesimpulan)

Language feature

• using first or third person point of view

• written in past tense

• using time sequences (last month, yesterday, ago, etc)

• using conjunction, such as: then, before, after, etc

• menggunakan sudut pandang orang pertama atau orang ketiga

• ditulis dalam past tense

• menggunakan keterangan waktu last moth, yesterday, dll

• menggunakan conjunctio then, before, after, while, when

Struktur teks

• Tittle

  The name of the text that covers what the text is about

• Orientation

  An introducing paragraph briefly covering who, what, when, and where about the events

• Events

  Series of activities written in a chronological order

• Reorientation

  A closing paragraph that covers the conclusion or the ending of the story

Read the text below then answer the question !!!

​Eating Spicy Food

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I loved spicy food so much. Until three days ago, I got very sick because of it.

​When I was in my lunch break, I ate my favorite meatball and put too much sauce into my meatball. After finished my lunch, my stomach felt like it was on fire. It was too painfull that I left school early. I got fever and a diarrhea for 3 days.

After three days, I got better and I promissed not to eat too much spicy food anymore.

Multiple Choice

The tragedy is that the writer was sick because ....

• eating spicy food

• drinking coffee

• eating too many noodles

Multiple Choice

Suppose today is Wednesday, when did the tragedy happen?

• Saturday

• Sunday

• Monday

Multiple Choice

When did it happen?

• during breakfast

• during lunch

• during dinner

Multiple Choice

What did the writer eat?

• Spaghetti

• Burger

• Meatball

Multiple Choice

How many days he gets a diarrhea?

• 3 days

• 4 days

• 5 days

Multiple Choice

In which point of view was the story?

• 3^rd point of view

• 2^nd point of view

• 1^st point of view

Ubahlah kata dalam kurung ke dalam bentuk lampau (past tense)

Cara menuliskan jawaban:

Tuliskan nomor, tanda titik, spasi, jawaban, koma, spasi

Contoh: 1. stayed, 2, jawaban, 3, jawaban, 5. jawban, dst ...

Nomor 1 sebagai contoh.​

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Fill in the Blank

Four days ago was the first time I came late to school for the first time. I _(1. stay)_ up late until 3 am. I __(2. set)__ my alarm to 5 am but __(3. wake)__ up at 7 am and I __(4. do)__ not hear my alarm ring. I __(5. think)__ my alarm was broken. I __(6. rush)__ to bathroom and __(7. change)__ to my school uniform. I __(8. run)__ to my school. When I __(9. arrive)__ I was punished for being late. After school, I __(10. buy) __ three new alarm clocks to avoid happening again.