RECOUNT

TEXT
by Falen Yuanisa
What is Recount Text ?

A text that retells a story, an

experience, or an event that
happen in the past.
Recount text is divided into three :

01 BIOGRAPHY

HISTORICAL
02 EXPERIENCE

03 BIOGRAPHY
 The Function of Recount Text :

To inform the
To tell experiences readers by telling To chronicle past
in which the writer the past events event regarded as
was personally historically and historically
involved achievements in a significant
person’s life
Generic Structure of Recount Text

01 Orientation
Tells who is involved
in the story, when,
where, and why the Re-orientation
story happened
(optional)
03 Tells the conclusion

02 Series of events
Tells what happened
of the story

in the story
 Language
Feature
of Recount
Text
Introducing personal
Using linking verb; was Using action verb;
participant; I, my
and were sent, taught, etc.
group, etc.

Using chronological Using Simple Past

connection; then, first, Tense; forgot,
etc. imagined, etc.
Example of Recount Text

Jenderal Sudirman was a high ranking Indonesian military officer

during the Indonesian national revolution. He was the first commander
inchief of the Indonesian armed forces, he continued to be widely
respected in the country.
On 12 November 1945, at an election to decide the military’s
commander-in-chief in Yogyakarta. The 24 years old Sudirman was
chosen over Oerip Soemohardjo in a close vote. While waiting to be
confirmed, Sudirman ordered an assault on british and dutch forces in
ambarawa. The ensuing battle and British withdrawal strengthened
Sudirman’s popular support, and he was ultimately confirmed on 18
December. Jendral Sudirman commanded military activities throughout
java, including a show of force in Yogyakarta on 1 march 1949
Sudirman’s tuberculosis returned, and he retired to Magelang, where he
died slightly more than a month after the Dutch recognized Indonesia’s
independence. He was buried at Semaki heroes’ cemetery in Yogyakarta.
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