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HISTORICAL
RECOUNT
TEXT
 DEFINITION
Historical recount text is a text that tells
about historical event or factual event that
have happened in the past. People will
know about the important event in the
past
SOCIAL FUNCTION
The social function of historical recount is to
chronicle past events regarded as historically
significant.
The Purpose of Historical Recount

To provide To explain To evaluate

to provide an objective to explain a series of To evaluate the
account of a significant events or period in significance of the events
event that happened in history
the past
Characteristic of historical recounts

Most historical recounts start by

Historical recounts are
01 making it clear to the readers
when the event happened. Begin
by indicating clearly to the reader
02 also told or written in
chronological order and
use formal style.
the time and context.

Historical recounts are use Typically, the field in historical

03 simple past tense because

the event happened in the
04 recounts concerns contact between
different people, conflict, and war.
past
Generic Structure of Historical Recount

1. Orientation 2. Series of events

it focuses on introducing it tells the audience what
the topic and providing happened. It uses paragraphs
any necessary to record events in
background informantion chronological order. It may
and context. include causes and
consequences of events.

3. Re-orientation
it sums up the significance of the
events. Sometimes it states personal
comments about the events.
In historical recounts, we should pay attention to the capitalization
for proper nouns and names of days and months.

Capitalize names and Capitalize days, months,

other proper nouns and holidays, but not
seasons.
Soekarno,
Mohammad Hatta, August
Rengasdengklok, Independence Day
Language features of Historical Recounts

Temporal Sequence
First
On March
Finally

Past
Passive voice
Attacked
Triggered Was recorded
Continued Were asked
Was reported
 Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of
Bandung on March 24, 1946. Within seven hours, about 200,000 Orientation
residents of Bandung burned their homes.

British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in

Bandung on October 12, 1945. Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI
and local people. There were black smoke billowing high into the air Series of
everywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The greatest
Events
battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung,
where there were a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In this
battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot.

The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the Re-

power of TRI and people’s militia was not comparable to the British
forces and NICA. This incident inspired to create the famous song “Halo,
Orientation
Halo Bandung”.
 Past
Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of
Bandung on March 24, 1946. Within seven hours, about 200,000
residents of Bandung burned their homes.

British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in

Bandung on October 12, 1945. Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI
and local people. There were black smoke billowing high into the air
everywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The greatest
battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung,
where there were a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In this
battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot.

The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the

power of TRI and people’s militia was not comparable to the British
forces and NICA. This incident inspired to create the famous song “Halo,
Halo Bandung”.
 Temporal Sequence
Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of
Bandung on March 24, 1946. Within seven hours, about 200,000
residents of Bandung burned their homes.

British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in

Bandung on October 12, 1945. Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI
and local people. There were black smoke billowing high into the air
everywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The greatest
battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung,
where there were a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In this
battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot.

The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the

power of TRI and people’s militia was not comparable to the British
forces and NICA. This incident inspired to create the famous song “Halo,
Halo Bandung”.
 Passive voice
Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of
Bandung on March 24, 1946. Within seven hours, about 200,000
residents of Bandung burned their homes.

British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in

Bandung on October 12, 1945. Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI
and local people. There were black smoke billowing high into the air
everywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The greatest
battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung,
where there were a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In this
battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot.

The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the

power of TRI and people’s militia was not comparable to the British
forces and NICA. This incident inspired to create the famous song “Halo,
Halo Bandung”.
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YOU
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