Recount Text : Definition, Purposes, Generic Structures, Language Features

 Adek-adek pernah jalan jalan, ke kebun binatang atau ke pantai misalnya. Atau mengalami suatu kejadian yang menyenangkan atau menyedihkan, pernah? Cerita mengenai sebuah pengalaman ke suatu tempat, atau mengalami kejadian yang menyedihkan atau menyenangkan itu namanya Recount Text. Jadi recount itu adalah sebuah cerita tentang pengalaman yang dialami seseorang dimasa lampau. Do you understand?

Definition of Recount Text
Recount text is a text that telling the reader about one story, action or activity. Its goal is to entertaining or informing the reader. (sebuah teks yang menceritakan sebuah cerita, aksi ataupun aktifitas. Tujuan recount text adalah untuk menghibur atau memberi informasi kepada pembaca)
Or (atau)
Recount is a text which retells event or experiences in the past. (sebuah teks yang menceritakan kembali kejadian atau pengalaman di masa lampau)

Generic Structure of Recount Text
# Orientation : It gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text, such as who was involved, where it happened, and when it happened.
# Events : A series of events, ordered in a chronological sequence.
# Re-orientation :A personal comment about the event or what happened in the end.

Purpose of Recount Text
– To retell past experience

The Characteristics / Language Feature of Recount Text:
– Using the simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, and past perfect continuous tense.
– Using temporal sequence, e.g. On Saturday. On Monday, On Sunday
– Focus on specific participant, e.g. I (the writer)
– Using the conjunctions, such as: then, before, after, etc.
– Using action verd, e.g. went, stayed

Example of Recount Text

Read text carefully and see the translation

Being Late

Last morning, Dinar, my roommate woke up late and she had to go to campus.

When she wanted to take her motorcycle, in fact she couldn’t move it because there were some motorcycles that blocked up her motorcycle.

She tried to move all of the motorcycles, so that her motorcycle could move from the garage. But she couldn’t do it.

Then, she called Adel who had that motorcycle which blocked it up. After that, her friend who had that motorcycle helped her. Finally, she could move her motorcycle and rode it to go to campus.

Terjemahan

Terlambat

Pagi yang lalu, Dinar, teman sekamar saya bangun terlambat dan dia harus pergi ke kampus.

Ketika dia ingin mengambil sepeda motornya, pada kenyataannya dia tidak bisa menggerakan motornya karena ada beberapa sepeda motor yang menghalangi sepeda motornya.

Dia mencoba untuk memindahkan semua sepeda motor itu, sehingga sepeda motornya bisa pindah dari garasi. Tapi ia tidak bisa melakukannya.

Kemudian, dia menelepon Adel yang memiliki sepeda motor yang yang menghalanginya itu. Setelah itu, temannya yang memiliki sepeda motor itu membantunya. Akhirnya, ia bisa menggerakkan sepeda motor dan menaikinya untuk pergi ke kampus.

Contoh Recount Text tentang Jalan-jalan ke Jogjakarta

A Beautiful Day at Jogja

ditulis oleh Arsianti Dewi

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 though I could not visit Malioboro. we really enjoyed it, and I hope I could visit Jogja again.

Terjemahan

Hari yang Indah di Jogja

ditulis oleh Arsianti Dewi

Minggu lalu, teman-teman dan saya pergi ke Jogja. Kami mengunjungi banyak tempat.

Pertama, kami mengunjungi pantai Parangtritis. Matahari bersinar terang dan pemandangannya sangat indah disana. Kami merasakan angin bertiup ke arah kami. Kami juga melihat banyak orang di pantai itu. Ada banyak burung terbang di langit. Selain itu, ada banyak penjual yang menjual berbagai macam cinderamata. Kedua, kami mengunjungi Kebun Binatang Gembira Loka. Kami melihat banyak jenis binatang di sana seperti monyet, harimau, buaya, ular, dan lain-lain. Kami melihat-lihat di Kebun Binatang itu, dan juga memotret binatang-binatang itu. Lalu, kami merasa lapar, jadi kami pergi ke restoran. Begitu kami selesai makan siang, kami memutuskan untuk pulang.

Bagi saya, itu adalah hari yang indah meski saya tidak bisa mengunjungi Malioboro. Kami sangat menikmatinya, dan semoga bisa mengunjungi Jogja lagi.

Sumber : britishcourse.com