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Definition and Purpose of Recount Text

The document defines a recount text as a story or account that retells past events in chronological order. It lists the generic structure of recount texts as having an orientation, events, and re-orientation. The orientation provides background on who, where, and when. The events are in chronological sequence. The re-orientation offers a personal comment or conclusion. It also identifies language features of recount texts such as past tense verbs, temporal words, focus on a participant, and conjunctions linking events. An example recount text is then provided about the narrator's first trip to Pari Island.

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Definition and Purpose of Recount Text

The document defines a recount text as a story or account that retells past events in chronological order. It lists the generic structure of recount texts as having an orientation, events, and re-orientation. The orientation provides background on who, where, and when. The events are in chronological sequence. The re-orientation offers a personal comment or conclusion. It also identifies language features of recount texts such as past tense verbs, temporal words, focus on a participant, and conjunctions linking events. An example recount text is then provided about the narrator's first trip to Pari Island.

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Definition and Purpose of Recount Text

Recount text is a text that telling the reader about one story, action or activity. Its purpose is to
entertain or informing the reader. Or a text which retells event or experiences in the past.

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.

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

My First Trip to Pari Island


Last September, I went to Pari Island for a holiday. I went there with Sarah, Andi, Eveline,
and Yoko. That was my first time to travel there. Our boat departed from Muara Angke port to the
island at 8.00 AM. We arrived at Pari Island around 10.00 Am. After that, we went to our guest
house that we had booked before. Fortunately, our guest house was located near to the port, so we
did not have to walk so far. The first thing that we did after that was rent bicycle. It only cost IDR
20.000 per day. Then we did cycle for a while and had lunch before we decided to do snorkeling.

When we went snorkling, the fisherman who became our guide brought us to the beach far
enough from our guest house. We did snorkling there. The water was very clear. We could see
groups of tiny fishes and beautiful coral under the sea. After we did snorkling for approximately
three hours, we returned to our guest house. We ended up the first day by getting dinner and took
some walks around.

On the second day, we woke up so early to watch sunrise. We did not need to go far to
watch the sunrise because our guest house was so near to the beach and we could watch the sunrise
there. Sunrise on the beach, what a beautiful view!

After we spent long enough time to watch the sunrise, we decided to get breakfast. There
was a festival at that time. We went to the festival and had breakfast there. We ate some delicious
sea foods. We felt time went so fast that day. We needed to return to our guest house because our
boat that would bring us home would depart at 10.00 AM. In summary, my first trip to Pari Island
was so enjoyable. I would like to visit this place again together with my family in another chance.

Orientation
Last September, I went to Pari Island for a holiday. I went there with Sarah, Andi, Eveline, and
Yoko.
Events
Depart from Muara Angke → Arrived → Went to the guest house → Rent bicycle and cycling
→ Had lunch → Snorkeling → dan seterusnya.
Re-orientation
In summary, my first trip to Pari Island was so enjoyable.

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