Recount Text
The social function of Recount text is to retell
past event or something which happened in the
past. The purpose of this text can be only to inform
or even just to entertain. Derewianka (1990)
identified three types of Recount text, namely
Personal Recount, Factual Recount, and Imaginative
Recount.
Personal Recount exposes an event in which the
writer or the author got involved or acted in the
event himself. Belong to this type among others
are daily funny incidents, entries of a diary, etc.
Factual Recount is a note of an event, such as
scientific experiment report, police report,
newspaper report, history explanation, etc.
Imaginative Recount is an unreal event or story,
like reading texts for language lesson, a story
about a life of a slave, etc.
RECOUNT TEXT
Social Function : to tell events for the purpose of
informing or entertaining
Generic Structure :
Orientation : provides the setting and introduces the
participants
Events : tell what happened in what sequence
Reorientation : optional – closure of events
Significant Lexicogrammatical Features :
Use of past tense
Focus on temporal sequence
Noun and noun phrases
One day, I had to teach a new
English class. I read the list of new
Orientation students’ name. It was Kiddies’ group since
they were about 9 and 10 years old.
That was the first day of the Spanish
carnival, so I wanted to wear the most appropriate
suit for the children’s class. Most kids usually dress
up at carnival, I thought. It would be more interesting
if their teacher was also in carnival spirit. That was
Series of why I decided to wear my teddy bear suit and bring
Events cuddly toys in my box.
And that was what I did. I walked through
the door happily. The director watched me completely
astonished. I smile and looked straight at her. With a
man beside her, he said, ”Good Afternoon. I’d like to
introduce you to Mr. Mendez, the director of Delta
Company. He is one of the participants of the English
.”
Oh my god! I nearly died! The secretary apologized
Reorientation to me for the wrong details of my new class.
Last Sunday my friend and I went to Lake
Kintamani in Bali. The water was clean, the
temperature was cool and there were trees
surrounding the lake.
The next day we visited Tanah Lot. We took
pictures of the temple. The scenery was amazing.
There was holy water beside the rocky hill and there
was a hole occupied by a big snake which was
considered sacred by the local people.
On Tuesday, we went to Sangeh where many wild
monkeys walked freely and climbed the trees. In the
afternoon we went home.
1. What is the text about?
a. The beauty of Bali
b. Wild monkeys in Sangeh
c. Tanah Lot and the scared snake
d. Lake Kintamani and its surrounding
e. Visiting bali’s tourist resort
2. How long did the writer stay in Bali?
a. One day
b. Two days
c. Three days
d. Four days
e. Five days
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
a. Tanah Lot scenery is unattractive
b. The temperature in Lake Kintamani is hot
c. The Balinese believe that the big snake is scared
d. It is believed that the water of Kintamani’s lake is scared
e. There are many monkeys walking and climbing the trees freely in
Bali
Some friends and I went to Yogyakarta for a
vacation.
We had our vacation soon after the school exam
was over. We chose to go to Yogyakarta because we
thought that the place was nice and the people were
friendly. In addition, some friends told me that it had a
lot of places of interests.
We left for Yogyakarta early in the morning, and we
took Pramex train that departed at 08.00. we got off in
the Tugu railway station, and headed to Malioboro for
some food and drinks. After we had a walk around the
place for minutes, we took a taxi and headed to the
beach. It was Parangtritis Beach which is well known for
everybody for its legend of Roro Kidul. We played with
ater and enjoyed the beauty of the waves reaching the
seashore. We stayed there for a day before finally we
decided to be back to Malioboro.
We were very happy to spend a day playing with
water and enjoy the natural beauty of the beach. We left
Malioboro at a quarter to four and went back home by
Pramex train that departed at 4.00.
1. How did they go to Yogyakarta?
a. Taxi
b. Pramex train
c. Bus
d. Car
e. Parangtritis train
2. When did they leave Malioboro?
a. At 08.00
b. At 04.00
c. At 03.45
d. At 04.45
e. At 04.15
