RECOUNT
a. Purpose (tujuan)
Retell the reader a past event or what happened. (menceritakan kembali tentang masa lampau atau apa yang telah terjadi)
b. Generic Structure
- Orientation
Provides the setting (when & where) and introduces participant.
memberikan tampilan (kapan & dimana) dan memperkenalkan tokoh (siapa)
- Events
Tell what happened in temporal sequence (menceritakan apa yang telah terjadi pada rangkaian waktu)
- Re orientation
Closure of events (ex : Comments or conclusions)
Adanya kejadian penutup (contohnya komentar atau kesimpulan).
c. Language Features
- Focus on individual participants, ex: use the word “I” or “We”.
(terfokus pada tokoh-tokoh pribadi, misalnya menggunakan kata-kata I atau We.
- Use the words which indicated when (ex: after lunch) and where the events took place (ex: in the garden, in a restaurant, etc).
(menggunakan kata-kata mengindikasikan when/kapan, misalnya; setelah makan siang, dan dimana tempat kejadian, misalnya dikebun, direstoran, dll.
- Use temporal sequence ex: one day, next, then, before, finally, etc.
(menggunakan tempo waktu, seperti: suatu hari, kemudian, sebelum, terakhir, dll.
- Written in the past tense, ex: had, visited.
(ditulis dalam bentuk past tense)
The Example of Recount:
GOING TO THE BEACH
Last week Mr. Rahmat, his wife and first children had a picnic. They went to Sanur beach and Kuta beach. They left by car at four in the afternoon. Mr. rahmat drove his car carefully. They came to Sanur at six in the evening. Then they went to a motel near sanur beach. They spent the night in the motel.
The next day they went to sanur beach. They went to Sanur the beach. They when there on foot because the motel isn’t more than a kilo meter from the beach. They started early in the morning because they wanted to see the rising sun. after the sun rose, they enjoyed other activities. Mr. rahmat and his wife looked at a tourist painting in a small gallery. They children, andi and dewi enjoyed a boat. They were glad because they never do it before. At ten o’clock they went back to the motel. They stayed and had lunch there.
At four afternoon, they started to go to Kuta beach. They went there by their car. Then they walked along the seashore. They looked some foreign tourists activities there. Some of them lay on the sand, had massage, rode motorcycles , and the others had surfing. Andi and dewi enjoyed very much. They also played in the water and swam. They spent two hours in Kuta beach.
PERGI KE PANTAI
Minggu lalu, tuan Rahmat, Istrinya dan anak-anaknya pergi piknik. Mereka pergi ke pantai Sanur dan Pantai Kuta. Mereka pergi dengan mobil pada pukul 4 sore. Tuan Rahmat menyupir mobilnya dengan hati-hati. Mereka sampai di Sanur pada pukul 6 malam. Kemudian mereka pergi ke hotel didekat pantai sanur. Mereka menghabiskan/melewati malam di hotel.
Kesokan harinya mereka pergi ke pantai Sanur. Mereka pergi kesana berjalan kaki Karena letak hotel tidak lebih dari satu kilo meter dari pantai. Mereka pergi lebih awal dari pagi hari kerena ingin melihat matahari terbit. Setelah matahari terbit mereka menikmati kegiatan lainnya.
Tuan Rahmat dan istrinya melihat sebuah lukisan asing di sebuah galleri kecil anak-anak mereka, Andi dan Dewi menikmati naik boat. Meraka gembira/senang karena mereka tidak pernah melakukan sebelumnya. Pada pukul 10. Mereka pulang kembali ke hotel.Mereka tinggal dan makan siang disana.
Pada pukul 4 sore, mereka pergi ke pantai kute. Mereka pergi ke
