NAMA : ARUM PUJI LESTARI

KELAS : X-9 NO 03

SEKOLAH : SMAN 3 JOMBANG

TAHUN : 2023

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Definition of Recount Text

Literally, recount means “to tell.” So recount text can be interpreted as “Text that tells”. If we refer
to the information in school books (Read: Junior High School / Senior High School), recount text
is a text that tells the reader about one story, action or activity. Its goal is to entertaining or
informing the reader. But Inside Recount Text there is no complication just like in Narrative Text.

Generic Structure of Recount Text

# Orientation : tells who was involved, what happened, where the events took place, and when it
happened.
# Events : tell what happened in chronological sequence.
# Re-orientation : consists of optional-closure of events / ending.
Purpose of Recount Text
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.
Language Features of Recount Text
– Using the simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, and past perfect
continuous tense.
– Using temporal sequence, e.g. On Saturday. On Monday, On Sunday
– Focus on specific participant, e.g. I (the writer)
– Using the conjunctions, such as: then, before, after, etc.
– Using action verb, e.g. went, stayed

Example of Recount Text

Example of Recount Text about Vacation
My Vacation with My Beloved People
One day, my sister named Putri said to me that she really wanted to go to the beach. So I
promised her that the next week we would go to Mutun beach in Lampung.
The next week, we prepared everything needed in the morning. We brought some foods and
beverages, such as chocolate wafers, potato chips, water and orange juice. Before going to the
beach, I ask our brother, Bayu, to join us. He agreed to join and we went there together with our
parents. We went there by car. It took 3 hours to arrive there. Then, we bought tickets in the
entrance gate. Before swimming, we changed our clothes first. We swam there for more than
one hour. We felt so tired that we decided to eat the foods that we had brought. Next, three of us
created a very big sand castle, while my parents were enjoying the beautiful scenery there. After
that, we decided to go home because it was getting dark.
On the way home, we still felt hungry. So we stopped at a restaurant to have dinner. I ordered
sruit, Lampungnese traditional food, while my brother, my sister, and my parents ordered fried
rice. After finished eating, we paid our bills. Then, we went home. We arrived at home at 9
o’clock. We were tired but we were absolutely happy.