Recount Text

 

    This time for us to learn / understand the intention of the recount text.   Without us knowing it within 1 day we can make dozens of recount text. Usually we tell our personal experiences or experiences of others.

Definition of  Recount Text

        Recount text is a text that is used to retell events or experiences in the past for the purpose of informing or entertaining the audience or reader. 

The generic structures of Recount Text are :

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

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

-   Re-orientation :  Restate the writer opinion or personal comment of the writer on the incident.

The significant lexicographical features :

-   Use of simple past tense

-   Use of temporal conjunctions ( when, after, before, next, later, then, etc )

-   Use of personal pronoun ( I, we )

Example :

                                                                                                                        17/9/2008

                                                   Dear Dewi,

    Orientation                     On Saturday I went to Mount Bromo. I stayed at Nisa          

                                      And Achmad ' s house at Cemara Lawang, Probolinggo.

                                         It has a big garden with lots of colorful flowers and a fish pond.

    Event                                          On Sunday Nisa and I saw Gunung Batok and went on the scenic ride on horseback. It was scary. Then we went to get a closer look at the mountain. We took pictures of the beautiful scenery there.

   Re-orientation                  It was fun.

                                                  

  
                                        Love,

                                        Dini