Recount Texts: Kemampuan Yang Diuji

Meeting 14
Recount texts
Kemampuan yang diuji:
Menentukan gambaran umum/ide utama/ tujuan komunikatif/ informasi rinci tersurat/

informasi rinci tersirat/ rujukan kata/ makna kata/frasa/kalimat dalam teks berbentuk
recount.
Teks recount adalah teks yang bertujuan menceritakan kembali peristiwa yang terjadi
di waktu lampau berdasarkan urutan kejadiannya. Teks recount berbeda dengan teks
narrative karena di dalamnya tidak ada konflik maupun resolusi. Teks recount sering
digunakan dalam jurnal, surat pribadi, buku harian, biografi, dsb.
Dalam teks recount terdapat tiga bagian yang merupakan struktur umumnya, yaitu:
1. Orientation. Bagian ini memberi pembaca latar belakang cerita, yaitu tokoh-tokoh dalam
cerita, waktu dan tempat kejadian peristiwa.
2. Events. Bagian ini berisi rekaman peristiwa yang terjadi, yang dituturkan berdasarkan
urutan waktu kejadiannya.
3. Reorientation (bersifal opsional). Bagian ini berisi rangkuman cerita dan komentar
pribadi atau penilaian atas peristiwa yang terjadi.
Contoh:
This morning my friends and I went to Horizon summer arts camp. We
Orientation travelled by bus and it took an hour to get there.
First we went to the arts studio. There was no activity in that place but
we walked around to see the paintings and statues.
On the way to the dormitory we stopped to buy some souvenirs at the
shop. The dormitory was very clean and tidy.
Events From the dormitory we went to the lake. It was a beautiful lake. We
saw some students canoeing and water skiing,
Finally, we went to EOS studio. We met Shanti and had lunch with her.
After lunch we returned to our bus.
Reorientation It was a tiring day but everyone was excited.
Ciri kebahasaan teks recount:

1. Menggunakan Simple Past Tense.
2. Menggunakan time connector (first, next, finally, before, after, when, dsb).
3. Menggunakan keterangan waktu lampau (yesterday, two months ago, last year, dsb)
Tip dan trik:

1. Untuk menjawab soal menentukan tujuan komunikasi, kalian bisa memilih jawaban “to
retell what happened in the past chronologically”
2. Untuk menjawab jenis soal lainnya silakan lihat tip dan trik yang sudah dijelaskan di
pertemuan 3 – 9.
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Latihan soal
One day Riko was walking home from school. He saw a man coming out of a
shop. The man was carrying a lot of things. He was walking toward his car.
Suddenly something fell from the man’s pocket but the man didn’t realize it.
Riko saw it and picked it up. It was a wallet. Riko called the man and said that he had
dropped his wallet. The man stopped and turned around. He came to Riko. Then
Riko gave the wallet to him.
After receiving it, the man opened his wallet and took some money. He
wanted to give Riko some money as a reward. But Riko refused it by saying that he
didn’t want the money. He just wanted to help him. The man smiled and said it was
all right. The man asked if he could take Riko home. Riko agreed and got into the
man’s car.
In the car they talked about Riko’s school and friends. When they arrived at
Riko’s house, the man told Riko’s parents about what had happened.
Riko’s parents were very proud of their son.
1. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To describe a person
B. To retell a past event
C. To tell a funny story
D. To explain how to do something
2. From the text, we can conclude that …

A. Riko is honest.
B. Riko doesn’t like money.
C. Riko is a clever boy.
D. Riko has finished school.
3. “But Riko refused it…” (paragraph 3)

The underlined word can best be replaced by…
A. requested
B. offered
C. received
D. declined
4. “He wanted to give Riko some money as a reward.”

The underlined word is similar in meaning to…
A. honor
B. salary
C. tip
D. fee
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Lionel Andres Messi, born on 24 June 1987, is an Argentine footballer who

currently plays for Barcelona and the Argentine national team. He is one of the best
football players of his generation and is frequently considered as the world’s best
contemporary players. Lionel Messi, whose playing style and ability have drawn
comparisons to Diego Maradona, received Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Players of the
Year nominations by the age of 21 and won both by the age 22. Diego Maradona once
declared that Messi was his “successor”.
Lionel Messi’s talent was early detected by his father. When he began playing
with the local team, his potential was quickly identified by Barcelona. At the age of 11,
he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency, which is a medical condition in
which the body does not produce enough growth hormone and whose treatment
necessitates a lot of money. He left Rosario-based Newell’s Old Boys youth team in
2000 and moved with his family to Europe, as Barcelona offered treatment for his
growth hormone deficiency. Making his debut in the 2004-2005 season, he broke the La
Liga record for the youngest footballer to play a league game, and also the youngest to
score a league goal. Major honors soon followed as Barcelona won La Liga in Messi’s
debut season, and won a double of the league and Champions League in 2006. His
breakthrough season was in 2006-2007; he became a first team regular, scoring a hat
trick in El Clasico and finishing with 14 goals in 26 league games. Perhaps his most
successful season was the 2008-2009 season, in which Messi scored 38 goals to play
an integral part in a treble winning campaign.
5. What is the text about?

A. Lionel Andres Messi C. FIFA World Players of the Year
B. Ballon d’Or D. FIFA World Youth Championship
6. Lionel Messi’s talent was discovered …

A. in Spain C. in America
B. in Beijing D. in Argentina
7. Messi’s health was critical…

A. before he moved to Spain C. before the age of 11
B. after he left Newell’s Old Boys D. after the medical treatment
8. He was offered a treatment for his disease by…

A. Newell’s Old Boys C. EL Clasico
B. Barcelona D. La Liga
9. Messi’s best season with Barcelona was…

A. 2004-2005 C. 2006-2007
B. 2005-2006 D. 2008-2009
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I had just got into bed about half past eleven when I felt the tremor. The bed started
to tremble and I noticed the electric light, which was hung on the ceiling, was swaying.
Then I got out of bed quickly and went to look out of the window. As I looked, I saw
the house opposite began to fall sideways. Then I realized what was happening. I put on my
dressing gown hurriedly and rushed out into the garden.
I was alone at the house. My wife and children had gone to visit my mother-in-law.
For three or four minutes, I heard a terrible noise of walls falling down, and people
screaming, and I saw clouds of dust in the air. Then, the trembling stopped.
There were about fifty people killed and more than two hundred injured. The damage
to the property was considerable, and about three hundred houses would have to be
completely rebuilt.
10. What is the text about?

A. Earthquakes in general
B. The writer’s opinion about earthquakes
C. The victims of earthquakes
D. The writer’s earthquake experience
11. The writer realized what was happening when he …

A. felt his bed tremble.
B. noticed the electric light swaying
C. heard a terrible noise of wall falling down.
D. watched the house opposite fall sideways.
12. How did the writer save his life?

A. By looking out of the window
B. By rushing out into the garden
C. By turning the light off
D. By taking the bed out of the room
13. What is the main idea of paragraph 5?

A. The damage the earthquake caused was great.
B. The writer tried to save himself from the earthquake.
C. The earthquake damaged the writer’s house badly.
D. The writer was alone when the earthquake happened.
14. “The bed started to tremble and I noticed the electricity light…”
What does the underlined word mean?
A. hung
B. saw
C. turned on
D. moved
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Meeting 14

Kemampuan yang diuji:

Menentukan gambaran umum/ide utama/ tujuan komunikatif/ informasi rinci tersurat/

Reorientation It was a tiring day but everyone was excited.

Ciri kebahasaan teks recount:

Tip dan trik:

1. What is the purpose of the text?

2. From the text, we can conclude that …

3. “But Riko refused it…” (paragraph 3)

4. “He wanted to give Riko some money as a reward.”

Lionel Andres Messi, born on 24 June 1987, is an Argentine footballer who

5. What is the text about?

6. Lionel Messi’s talent was discovered …

7. Messi’s health was critical…

8. He was offered a treatment for his disease by…

9. Messi’s best season with Barcelona was…

10. What is the text about?

11. The writer realized what was happening when he …

12. How did the writer save his life?

13. What is the main idea of paragraph 5?

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