today, we will study about Recount Text.
What is a recount text ?

Sesuai dengan namanya, recount berarti menceritakan kembali. Maka dari itu, recount text berarti jenis teks bahasa Inggris yang berisi kisah atau pengalaman di masa lampau. Gunanya untuk menghibur serta memberi informasi pada pembaca.

Terus, apa bedanya sama narrative text kalau tujuannya juga untuk menghibur?  Meskipun bentuk recount text ada yang imajinatif, dia lebih menekankan pada pengalaman. Kalau narrative kan benar-benar fiksi dan biasanya bukan merupakan kisah nyata.

Menggunakan past tense
Masih ingat bentuk Past Tense ?
Suatu tenses yang digunakan dalam menyatakan kegiatan pada masa lampau
Biasanya dalam kalimat positip selalu menggunakan Verb2 /kata kerja ke2
contoh : I went to jogja last year ( bentuk "went" merupakan V2 dari V1 "go" ) karena kejadiannya masa lalu (last year)
              She bought new bag two days ago
              Mira and I watched the cinema last night
              They played football this morning
 
Terdapat adverbial phrase (keterangan waktu dan tempat)
tentu bentuk waktu masa lampau yang digunakan seperti last year, yesterday, last month, a week ago, last night.

Menggunakan conjunction (kata hubung: first, then, next)

Factual: yang diceritakan dalam teks merupakan cerita sesuai fakta. Contohnya lapoJran kepolisian atau kejadian nyata sejarah.

Personal: kamu sebagai penulis pasti punya pengalaman melakukan sesuatu atau apapun itu dong? Nah, tulisanmu tentang pengalaman itu termasuk ke bentuk teks personal.

Imaginative: sama seperti yang udah dibahas tadi, bentuk imaginative recount hampir mirip nih sama narrative text. Bedanya, bentuk ini berkisah tentang pengalaman imajinatifmu. Misalnya, mimpi.

Orientation: sebagai pembuka, bagian orientation berisi informasi dasar yang menjawab pertanyaan who, where, when.

Events: pada bagian isi atau events ini, saatnya kamu menjawab pertanyaan how atau why. Ceritakan kisahmu dan jangan lupa pakai adverbial phrase ya.

Re-orientation: di bagian penutup, tulislah kesimpulan atau pendapatmu soal ceritamu secara keseluruhan sekaligus singkat.

Contoh Recount Text Pendek – The ticket

Orientation
Last week I went to the theatre. It was the only theatre at my town.
I had 1 free ticket to watch a movie.
I had no idea about the movie I would like to watch and I did not know the schedule of that theatre. So that, I just wanted to come and see if there was any good movie.

Event
I parked my motorcycle at the parking area and I walked slowly at the hall of the theatre.
I took my ticket on my wallet and go to the information section to ask about how to use the ticket that day.
Unfortunately, I missed it. The ticket was already expired 2 days before.

Reorientation
I went home and I was very disappointed about that.

Orientation
Three days ago, I went to the traditional market to buy some fruits and vegetables.
In that market, I saw an accident, there was a thief beaten by a lot of people. It was so terrible. I didn’t want to take closer and see.
A few minutes later, police came and took him.

Event
I asked to the fruit seller what had happened actually and she said that the thief tried to steal someone’s wallet but he was unlucky.
Someone saw him and shouted loudly and suddenly some people roughed him up hardly.

Reorientation
It was a pity event and I hoped it would never happen again.

Orientation
Two days ago I went to the Merapi Mountain. It was the first time I climbed the mountain. I did it with some of my friends.
We start climbing at 8 p.m. It was so dark and we only used flashlight to get the way.
I felt no worry because all of my friends were professional climber. I just followed their instruction.

Event
We climbed slowly and enjoy the night there.
After 7 hours walking in the dark, we could reach the top of the mountain. It was at 3 a.m. early in the morning.
We were not alone. There were a lot of people who reached that top before us.
We waited the sun rises by cooking some food and making some hot drink to get back our energy. We sang some songs together, shared stories and got acquainted with people there.
After seeing the sun raised, we had to go back home. Getting down the mountain was not as hard as the climbing process because we only spent a few energy and time even we had to be more careful to do this process.
However, it was great experience i had ever done so far.

Reorientation
After all, that was my great experience I had ever have.

Well students, for checking your understanding about Recount text, Here mom Amel will give you some questions about it. Read carefully what material that mom amel has given to you above then answer the question correctly.

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