Recount Text

Materi Kelas X
SMA Pasundan 8
What is recount
text?

Recount text is a text that tells the

reader about one story, action or activity
that happened in past. Its goal is to
entertaining or informing the reader.
General Structure

Tells who was involved, what

Orientation happened, where the events
took place, and when it
happened.

tell what happened in

chronological sequence. Event

Re- consists of optional-

orientation closure of
events/ending.
Recount Text Purposes

Describe Past Experience

Purposes of Recount Text

Entertaining or Informing
the listener
Language Features

01 Using the simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, and past perfect continuous
tense.

02 Using temporal sequence, e.g. On Saturday. On Monday, On Sunday

03 Focus on specific participant, e.g. I (the writer)

04 Using the conjunctions, such as: then, before, after, etc.

05 Using action verb, e.g. went, stayed

Example
Came Late to school

Last wednesday, I came late to my school because I

played playstation untill 2.00 am in the night. Because of
that i woke up late. I woke up about 6.30 am and the class
would be began at 7.00 am. I ran to bathroom to take a
bath. I usually had a breakfast after took a bath, but in
that day i did not do that. I always went to school by my
moyorcycle. But in that day, I forgot where I put the key.
So, I went to the school by public transportion. It made
me took a longer time. I arrived at school at 7.15 am, I
ran to my class but I saw my teacher has stood in front of
the class to teach. I entered to my class and of course my
teacher was angry to me because I came late. It was my
bad experience and I hoped I would not do that again.
 
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