RECOUNT TEXT

RECOUNT TEXT

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Junior High School

Grade 8th/Semester 2

By Apri Melani

Definition/pengertian

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Recount text is a text which tells about something happened  in the past.

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Recount text adalah sebuah teks yang menceritakan sesuatu yang terjadi di waktu lampau/lalu.​

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Social Function/purpose (fungsi sosial/tujuan teks)

​a. It is to tell past events (untuk menceritakan kejadian di waktu lampau/lalu)

b. It is to share experience (untuk berbagi pengalaman)

Generic structure/struktur teks/bagian teks 

1. Orientation (pengenalan)

2. Events (Peristiwa/Kejadian)

3. Reorientation (penutup)​

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Read the text and answer the following questions.

​ Last month, Salma and  her parents were on holiday in Singapore. It was Salma’s first visit, but her parents had been to Singapore several times for business. The first place of interest they wanted to see was Singapore’s Zoo. They enjoyed watching the animals and had close encounter with them. Next, they visited Chinatown point. They shopped lots of clothing made of silk. They really enjoyed their stay in Singapore.

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Multiple Choice

What kind of the text is it?

• Descriptive Text

• Recount Text

• Short Message

• Advertisement

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the writer in writing the text? It is to . . . .

• share the writer's experience going to Singapore.

• describe Singapore.

• tell about Singapore's museum.

• tell how to go to Singapore.

Multiple Choice

What is the generic structure of recount text?

• orientation, complication

• orientation, events, reorientation

• complication, resolution

• General classification, complication

Fill in the Blanks

Salma and  her parents were on holiday in . . . .

Fill in the Blanks

In Singapore's Zoo they watched the . . . .