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Penulis

RECOUNT TEXT

A text that retells an experience which happened at the past or past events. There are 3 kinds of recount text.

KINDS:
1.PERSONAL RECOUNT
2.FACTUAL RECOUNT
3.IMAGINATIVE RECOUNT

Penulis

PERSONAL RECOUNT TEXT

A recount that is retelling an activity that the writer/speaker has been     
personally involved in.

It can be about:
•Unforgettable experience
•Impressing experience
•Horrible experience
•Memorable moment
•Terrible experience
•Annoying experience
•Fun past moment
•etc

PURPOSE

The purpose of recount text are:

1.To inform or to entertain the readers or audiences about experiences in the past 
2.To share unique or unusual experience
3.To make the readers learn something
4.To retell something unforgettable
5.To give information about an incident
6.Etc

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GENERIC STRUCTURE

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Recount text has a generic structure. The generic structure can be seen below:

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1.Orientation  :
provide setting and introduce the participants 

2.Events     :
tell what happened in sequence 

3.Re–orientation :
optional closure of events

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LANGUAGE FEATURES

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The language features of recount text are:

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1. It has specific participant.
2. It uses past tense.
3. It uses action verb.
4. There are circumstance of time and place.
5. It focuses on temporal sequence.

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THE EXAMPLE

1. ORIENTATION

Yesterday, I went to a river for fishing. It was a lovely day and I had nothing to do at home so I wanted to spend my time there.

2. EVENTS

I woke up early in the morning. Then, I prepared fish bait, fishing rod, etc. I went to the river by bike.
At the river, I tried to find a comfortable place to sit. Then, I sat under a big tree at the river bank. After that, I threw my hook and waited for the fish eating my bait. After I waited for around 20 minutes, I got a small fish. Next, I tried it again and I got a big fish. I was there around 2 hours and I got three more big fish. I thought it was enough for me on that day so I packed all the stuff. Then, I went home to cook my fish with my mom.

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EVALUATION

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