Recount Text merupakan sebuah teks yang
menceritakan pengalaman di masa lampau dalam bentuk peristiwa,
aktivitas, dan berbagai hal lainnya.Tujuan recount text adalah agar pembaca merasa
terhibur dan mengetahui pengalaman apa yang dimiliki oleh si penulis dalam sebuah urutan secara kronologis.
Sama halnya dengan text bahasa inggris lainnya, recount text juga memiliki generic structur dan ciri-ciri tersendiri yang membedakannya dengan text bahasa inggris lainnya.
Generic Structure Recount Text
Orientation
Orientation atau pengenalan yaitu memberikan informasi tentang siapa, di
mana, dan kapan peristiwa atau kegiatan itu terjadi di masa lampau.
Events
Events merupakan rekaman peristiwa yang terjadi, yang biasanya
disampaikan dalam urutan kronologis. Di bagian Events ini biasanya
terdapat komentar pribadi tentang peristiwa atau kejadian yang sedang
kalian ceritakan.
Reorientation
Pada bagian Reorientation, terdapat pengulangan pengenalan yang ada di
Orientation, pengulangan yang merangkum rentetan peristiwa, kejadian
atau kegiatan yang diceritakan.
Ciri-Ciri Recount Text
Menggunakan Past Tense. Misalkan we went to beach, I was happy, etc.
Menggunakan Conjunction dan Time Connectives untuk mengurutkan peristiwa atau kejadian. Misalnya and, but, the, aftar that, etc.
Menggunakan Adverbs dan Adverbial Phrase untuk mengungkapkan tempat, waktu dan cara. Misalkan yesterday, at my house, slowly, etc.
Menggunakan Action Verbs. Misalkan went, slept, run, brought, etc.
Contoh Recount Text 1
Our trip to the Blue Mountain
Orientation
On Friday we went to the Blue Mountains. We stayed at David and Della’s
house. It has a big garden with lots of colourful flowers and a tennis
court.
Events
On Saturday we saw the Three Sisters and went on the scenic railway. It
was scary. Then, Mummy and I went shopping with Della. We went to some
antique shops and I tried on some old hats. On Sunday we went on the
Scenic Skyway and it rocked. We saw cockatoos having a shower.
Reorientation
In the afternoon we went home. That was very pleasent moment with my family that I ever got
Contoh Recount Text 2
A Trip To Borobudur Temple
Last week, I spent my holiday in Jogjakarta. I went to Borobudur Temple.
My family and I went there early morning We went to Borobudur Temple by
private car. I had prepared everything before we went to Jogja. While
we were driving, we could see some beautiful views of mountains,
forests, and waterfalls. My family and I arrived at Borobudur Temple at
11:30 in the afternoon. There, I saw many tourists. Borobudur Temple was
crowded in that holiday vacation. I could learn and practice speaking
English with one of foreign tourists. His name was Jack. He was very
friendly. It was my first time to speak English with foreign tourist. We
went back at 04:30 in the evening. It was a very interesting vacation
Contoh Recount Text 3
Visiting Bali
There were so many places to see in Bali that my friend decided to join
the tours to see as much as possible. My friend stayed in Kuta on
arrival. He spent the first three days swimming and surfing on Kuta
beach. He visited some tour agents and selected two tours. The first one
was to Singaraja, the second was to Ubud. On the day of the tour, he
was ready.
My friend and his group drove on through mountains.
Singaraja is a city of about 90 thousands people. It is a busy but
quiet town. The street are lined with trees and there are many old Dutch
houses. Then they returned very late in the evening to Kuta.
The second tour to Ubud was a very different tour. It was not to see the
scenery but to see the art and the craft of the island. The first stop
was at Batubulan, a center of stone sculpture. There my friend watched
young boys were carving away at big blocks of stone. The next stop was
Celuk, a cente for silversmiths and goldensmiths. After that he stopped a
little while for lunch at Sukawati and on to mass. Mass is a tourist
center My friend ten-day-stay ended very quickly beside his two tour,
all his day was spent on the beach. He went sailing or surfboarding
every day. He was quiet satisfied.
Contoh Recount Text 4
A Beautiful Day at Jogja
Last week, my friends and I went to Jogja. We visited many places.
First,
we visited Parangtritis beach. The sun shone brightly and the scenery
was very beautiful there. We felt the wind blew across to us. We also
saw a lot of people in that beach. There werw many birds flew in the
sky. Also, there were many sellers who sold many kinds of souvenirs.
Second, we visited Gembira Loka Zoo. We saw many kinds of animals there
such as monkeys, tigers, crocodiles, snakes, etc. We looked around in
that Zoo, and also took pictures of those animals. Then, we felt hungry,
so we went to a restaurant. As soon as we finished our lunc, we decided
to go home.
For me, that was a beautiful day. we really enjoyed it, and I hope I could visit Jogja again.
Contoh Recount Text 5
R.A. Kartini
Every april 21 people in indonesia commemorate the kartini day. It is
beautiful day for the woman because we celebrate the birth of great lady
R.A. Kartini. Everyone knows who kartini is. she is our national
heroine and a great lady with the bright idea.
Kartini was
born in 1879 april 21 in mayong jepara. Her father was Rama Sosroningrat
Wedana (assistant of head of regency) in mayong. her mother, Ma
Ngasirah was a girl from Teluk Awur village in Jepara as the daughter of
a noble family, she felt luck because she got more than the ordinary
people got. She got better education than other children in november 12
1903 she married adipati djoyodiningrat, the head of rembang regency.
According to javanese tradition Kartini had to follow her husband. then
she moved to rembang.
In september 13 1904 she gave a birth to
her son. his name was singgih. but after giving birth to a son, her
condition was getting worse and she finally passed away on september 17
1904 on her 25 years old.
Now kartini has gone. but her spirit
and dream will always be in our heart. nowadays indonesian women
progress is influenced by kartini's spirit stated on collection of
letter habis gelap terbitlah terang from the dusk to the dawn.
Contoh Rcount Text 6
My Holiday
Last week I went to Mount Bromo. I stayed at my friend's house in
Probolinggo, East Java. The house has a big garden with colorful flowers
and a small pool.
In the morning, my friend and I saw Mount
Batok. The scenery was very beautiful. We rode on horseback. It was
scary, but it was fun. Then, we went to get a closer look at the
mountain. We took pictures of the beautiful scanery there. After that,
we took a rest and had lunch under a big tree. Before we got home, we
went to the zoo at Wonokromo. We went home in the afternoon.
We were very tired. However, I think it was really fun to have a holiday
like this. I hope my next holiday will be more intersting.
Contoh Recount Text 7
My Adolescence
I had my adolescence when I was thirteen.
It started with acne that showed up on my face. It was very annoying. It
lowered my self-esteem and I was embarrassed to come out of my house
and play with friends.
Fortunately, my Mum gave me a good medicine. In three weeks, the acnes
started to vanish although those showed some black spots in my face.
That was my bad experience with adolescence, though there were still lots of good experience too.
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