Recount Text

Recount text

Menulis pengalaman pribadi kalo dalam bahasa inggris pasti make text yang satu ini. Taukan apa textnya? Meskipun sama menggunakan  past tense text yang satu ini beda ma narrative text yang udah kitra bahas sebelumnya. Penasaran apa bedanya? Baca aja sendiri. Hehe

Recount text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. The purpose of recount text is to tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.

Generic structures of recount text:
1. Orientation (it gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text such as who was involved in the story, where it happened, and when it happened)
2. Events (a series of events, ordered in chronological sequence)
3. Re-orientation (restates the writer’s opinion or personal comment of the writer on the incident and the conclusion of the experience)

Language features of recount text:
• The use of nouns and pronouns
(e.g.: David, we, his)
• The use of action verbs
(e.g.: went, spent, and played)
• The use of past tenses
(e.g.: We went for a trip to the zoo)
• The use of time conjunctions
(e.g.: and, but, after, finally)
• The use of adverbs and adverbs phrases
(e.g.: in my house, two days ago, slowly, carefully)
• Adjectives (beautiful, sunny)

Example of recount text
Last week, I went to a flower shop to buy some flowers for several occasions. When I went into the flower shop, I was surprised at the wide variety of flowers to choose. The florist told me that she could arrange beautiful bouquets of flowers for just about any event. For starters, I ordered some roses for my mother’s birthday, and I asked the florist to deliver them, along with a birthday card. I was also planning to attend the funeral of a dear friend, so I also ordered a flower arrangement to express my condolences to the family. Finally, I bought some nice cut flowers for my auntie who has been ill, and I wanted to cheer her up. I delivered them myself along with a get-well card. The florist told me that the shop had their own website, so I might order flowers online next time.