Recount Text

What is recount text? 

Recount text is a text that retells past events or experiences. Its main purpose is to give information or to entertain by telling what really happened.

Why recount text needed in everyday?

Recount text is needed in everyday life because it helps us tell and share real experiences clearly. The reason for share personal experience, to record important events, help others understand situations, and to communicate information cleary.

This is the characteristic of a recount text:

1. Talks about events that already happened.

2. Uses pasti tense (went, visited, saw, played, etc.)

3. Tells pasti events in chronological order.

RECOUNT TEXT STRUCTURE

- Orentation: Introduces who, when, and where the event happened.

 Example: When I went to Bali. 

- Events: A sequence of events in order.

 Example: While playing in Bali, I met many new friends there, not just casual acquaintances, but also close ones. The air there is also very hot, but it's still refreshing because my villa is very green and filled with lots of fresh air. 

-Reorentation: Closing statement, usually with a personal comment or conclusion.

 Example: I am very happy to be able to play in Bali, I am very grateful to be able to visit Bali. 

RECOUNT TEXT HAS LANGUAGE FEATURE:

- Past tense verbs: went, saw, took, was, were.

  Example: I went to Bandung.

- Action verbs: walked, played, visited, climbed.

  Example: I played basketball.

-  Time adverbs: yesterday, last night, in 2020.

   Example: Yesterday I played football.

- Conjunctions: and, but, then, after that.

  Example: After that I went to eat at a restaurant

- Personal pronouns: I, we, they. 

  Example: My friend and I bought liwet rice. 

RECOUNT TEXT IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE..It helps people communicate experiences clearly, teaches how to organize events logically, improves writing skills, especially past tense usage, and It is used in real-life situations like reporting events or writing diaries

RECOUNT TEXT TYPES:

1. Personal Recount: tells about your own experience

Example: Your holiday, birthday, school trip.

2. Factual Recount: gives information about real events.

Example: News reports, scientific reports, historical events.

3. Imaginative Recount: Retells events based on imagination, often written as if they were real.

Example: A recount written from the point of view of an animal.

d. Procedural Recount: Records steps or actions taken, usually in experiments or investigations

Maybe that's all the information about recount text, that's all from me, thank you

EXAMPLE OF RECOUNT TEXT

Now I will tell the story of the picture using the recount text structure, language features, and its structure.

Playing Traditional Games

Yesterday, my friends and I played a traditional game. We played behind my house, where there are many bamboo trees and a large open space. I played with ten other friends: Tresno, Ayu, Gimin, Sugeng, Anto, Sum, Trisno, Heriyanto, Arto, and Sulis.

We played oray-orayan, a traditional game from Indonesia. The game was fun. We walked through a tunnel that was actually formed by our friends. While playing oray-orayan, Sulis was caught inside the tunnel, and then he chose the Mango fruit, which meant he joined the right team. Yesterday, while playing the game, Tresno even cried because he kept losing, and I had to calm him down. Because the game was so exciting, we played until almost six in the evening, and in the end, all eleven of us were scolded by our mothers.

What is certain is that playing oray-orayan is very fun. Today, I will play it again with my friends. I hope children out there can learn about this game, which is said to be rarely played nowadays. Let’s play oray-orayan!