RECOUNT TEXT

By : • Readina Ulta • Intan Mirantia (24) (14)

Recount Text

The social function of

Recount

text, namely

Recount

text is to retell past event or something which happened in the past. The purpose of this text can be only to inform or even just to entertain. Derewianka (1990) identified three types of

Personal Recount, Factual Recount,

and

Imaginative Recount.

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Personal Recount

exposes an event in which the writer or the author got involved or acted in the event himself. Belong to this type among others are daily funny incidents, entries of a diary, etc. –

Factual Recount

is a note of an event, such as scientific experiment report, police report, newspaper report, history explanation, etc. –

Imaginative Recount

reading texts for language lesson, a story about a life of a slave, etc. is an unreal event or story, like

RECOUNT TEXT

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Social Function : to tell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining

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Generic Structure :

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Orientation : provides the setting and introduces the participants

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Events : tell what happened in what sequence

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Reorientation : optional – closure of events

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Significant Lexicogrammatical Features :

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Use of past tense

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Focus on temporal sequence

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Noun and noun phrases

An Example of Recount Text Generic Structure

Going to Pangandaran Beach

Orientation

Vigor and Ryan are brothers. They live in Klaten regency. Last Monday evening they went to Pangandaran Beach in West Java on their holiday. They left on Monday evening by bus, because they hoped that they could arrive at Pangandaran area on Tuesday morning.

Series of Events

They found a hotel first on their arrival in this point of interest. They had a rest while enjoying the beautiful beach and after that they visited Nature Reserve Cangkungan and enjoyed a delicious lunch in the restaurant. In the afternoon they swam at Pananjung.

On the second day at their visit they went to Karang Nini and Batu Hiu. On Thursday they went to Grand Canyon and Batu Layar in Parigi. They came back from Pangandaran to Klaten on the following day.

They didn’t buy anything for their souvenirs, but they took many pictures to remind them about their visit to Pangandaran.

Reorientation

They felt very tired, but they were very happy.

Last Sunday my friend and I went to Lake Kintamani in Bali.

The water was clean, the temperature was surrounding the lake.

cool and there were trees The next day we visited Tanah Lot. We took pictures of the temple. The scenery was amazing.

There was holy water beside the rocky hill and there was a hole occupied by a big snake which was considered sacred by the local people.

On Tuesday, we went to Sangeh where many wild monkeys walked freely and climbed the trees. In the afternoon we went home.

1. What is the text about?

a. The beauty of Bali b. Wild monkeys in Sangeh c. Tanah Lot and the scared snake d. Lake Kintamani and its surrounding e. Visiting bali’s tourist resort 2. How long did the writer stay in Bali?

a. One day b. Two days c. Three days d. Four days e. Five days 3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

a. Tanah Lot scenery is unattractive b. The temperature in Lake Kintamani is hot c. The Balinese believe that the big snake is scared d. It is believed that the water of Kintamani’s lake is scared e. There are many monkeys walking and climbing the trees freely in Bali

Some friends and I went to Yogyakarta for a vacation.

We had our vacation soon after the school exam was over. We chose to go to Yogyakarta because we thought that the place was nice and the people were friendly. In addition, some friends told me that it had a lot of places of interests.

We left for Yogyakarta early in the morning, and we took Pramex train that departed at 08.00. we got off in the Tugu railway station, and headed to Malioboro for some food and drinks. After we had a walk around the place for minutes, we took a taxi and headed to the beach. It was Parangtritis Beach which is well known for everybody for its legend of Roro Kidul. We played with ater and enjoyed the beauty of the waves reaching the seashore. We stayed there for a day before finally we decided to be back to Malioboro.

We were very happy to spend a day playing with water and enjoy the natural beauty of the beach. We left Malioboro at a quarter to four and went back home by Pramex train that departed at 4.00.

1. How did they go to Yogyakarta?

a. Taxi b. Pramex train c. Bus d. Car e. Parangtritis train 2. When did they leave Malioboro?

a. At 08.00

b. At 04.00

c. At 03.45

d. At 04.45

e. At 04.15