UNDERSTANDING RECOUNT TEXT

Understanding Recount

Definition is a type of text in Engglish which contains the story of an action or the activities of the writer or the characters in the story. The activity or action in question is the author's experience through recount text, usually the purpose of recount text is to entertain, as well as provide information. 

( source : https://www.gramedia.com/literasi/recount-text/#Pengertian_Recount_Text )

Purpose/function the purpose of a recount is to list and describe past experiences by retelling events in the order in which they happened. Recounts are written to retell events with the purpose of either informing or entertaining their audience (or both). In a simple word the purpose of recount text is to retell past experience.

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Text structure 

a) Orientation, the first structure that contains information about the character, the scene, when the event took place and so on. The information provided by the author is expected to provide the knowledge or information needed by the reader in order to understand the storyline.

b) Events, the secound structure is the content of the text or in the form of stories about events or experiences that the author wants to convey to the reader.

c) Reorientation, the third structure contains conclusions or summaries or repetition of information contained in the orientation structure.

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Types of recount

a) Personal recount. A personal recount is what’s most likely to be covered in school. This type of recount writing is all about the writer’s recollection of a particular event or experience. It includes things like diary writing, but it’s also what we do whenever we tell someone a story about something that happened to us.

b) Factual recount. A factual recount includes things like newspaper reports. The purpose of a factual recount is to inform (rather than entertain) the reader about a particular event. Because of this, adverbs and adjectives are less important. You’ll often see facts and figures in this kind of recount writing.

c) Imaginative recount. This kind of recount applies factual knowledge of an event to create a fictional account of that event. The purpose of an imaginative reccount is to help the reader understand an event by providing a fictional recount that's as true-to-life as possible. They're perfect for creative writing lessons.

d) Procedural recount. Procedural recounts aren't very common in English lessons-they're more for scientists. In fact, they're most often used to describe an experiment so that it can be replicated by others. Because of this, the language needs to be exact. Procedural recount might not even involve the use of full sentences.

e) Literally recount. This kind of recount writing is all about entertainment. They can be about fictional or real events and involve real or fictional characters. For an interesting writing challenge, why not try exploring a fictional event with real characters, and vice versa.?

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Expression/language comperation 

There are some language features in personal recount text, those are :

a) Using simple past tense i.g. I spent my holiday in Yogyakarta and I was very happy.

b) Using action verbs i.g. spent, went, brought, took, etc.

c) Using adverb or adverbial phrase to express time and place i.g. last month, in Malang, lately, etc.

d) Using conjunction and time connectives to connect an event to the other event i.g. and, or, after, before, after that, then, when, first, etc.

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Sample

A Trip to Borobudur Temple

 Three years ago, I and my classmates visited Borobudur Temple. We went to Borobudur temple by bus. We left our school at nine o’clock. It took us 24 hours to arrive there. I arrived there nine o’clock the next day. Along the road, we saw many vehicles, unique houses, prominent buildings, and some other tourists.
After we arrived at the Borobudur temple, one of my teachers went to buy tickets. After we waited him for a moment we entered into Borobudur temple area. Then we went up to the top of the temple. Borobudur temple was built at Budur Village, Magelang, Jawa Tengah by Syailendra Dynasty. Borobudur Temple is the biggest temple in the world. It has 504 statues and 1.400 reliefs. From the top of the temple we can see such beautiful scenery. I and my friends went around the temple together. Finally, after having some visits, we should go to the hotel to stay and continue our study tour the next day.
We felt tired that day but we felt so happy to visit Borobudur temple which is well-known as one of the greatest legacies Indonesia has ever had. I hope the temple can be loved by all of the visitors and the government.

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Writing

Holiday In Yogyakarta 

Last week, I visited my father's house in Yogyakarta. Previously, I had visited it several times. So at that time, I decided to go there.

As soon as I arrived at my father's house, my father invited me to join him for dinner with his family.

One of the things I like about Yogyakarta is its specialty.

The next day, I visited several historical places in Yogyakarta, including Taman Sari, the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Palace.

The next day which was my last day in Yogyakarta, I went to Malioboro to buy some souvenirs.

Spending time in Yogyakarta is always fun. I'm sure it won't be my last visit.