RECOUNT TEXT

1. Definisi dan fungsi recount text.

Recount text adalah suatu jenis teks yang kontennya menceritakan kembali suatu
peristiwa nyata atau kegiatan yang menimpa seseorang di masa lampau. Tujuan teks ini
ialah untuk menceritakan kembali kisah nyata di masa lalu selain juga bertujuan untuk
menghibur pembacanya.

2. Struktur teks (generic structure).

Recount text umumnya memiliki struktur teks sebagai berikut:

 Orientation: pengenalan informasi tentang tokoh, tempat, dan kapan

peristiwa atau kegiatan itu terjadi di masa lampau.

 Events: serangkaian peristiwa atau kegiatan yang terjadi. Biasanya

diceritakan secara berurutan, misalnya “On the first day, … The second day,
…” (Di hari pertama, … Di hari kedua, …).

 Reorientation: akhir dari cerita dan bersifat opsional.

3. Unsur kebahasaan

Recount text biasanya memiliki unsur kebahasaan tertentu, contohnya sebagai

berikut:

 Noun: kata benda tertentu sebagai kata ganti orang, seperti nama orang.

 Past tense: menggunakan kata kerja bentuk lampau, misalnya went, visited,
worked, dll.

 Time connective: kata penghubung waktu untuk mengurutkan kejadian,

misalnya after, before, then, after that, dll.

 Action verbs: kata kerja yang menunjukkan peristiwa atau kegiatan,

misalnya stayed, climbed, wrote,dll.

 Adverbs: kata/frasa keterangan untuk menunjukkan waktu, tempat, dan cara,

misalnya yesterday, last year, at home, slowly, carefully, dll.

Contoh :

A Trip to Borobudur Temple

Last year, my classmates and I visited Borobudur Temple. We went there by bus. We
left our school at nine o’clock in the morning. It took us 24 hours to arrive there and
we arrived at nine o’clock the next day. Along the road, we saw many vehicles,
unique houses, prominent buildings, and some other tourists.

After we arrived at the Borobudur temple, one of my teachers went to buy tickets.
After we waited him for a moment, we entered into Borobudur temple area. Then, we
went up to the top of the temple. Borobudur temple was built at Budur Village,
Magelang, Central Java by Syailendra Dynasty. Borobudur Temple is the biggest
temple in the world. It has 504 statues and 1.400 reliefs. From the top of the temple
we can see such beautiful scenery. My friends and I went around the temple
together. Finally, after having some visits, we should go to the hotel to stay and
continue our study tour the next day.

We felt tired that day but we felt so happy to visit Borobudur temple which is well-
known as one of the greatest legacies Indonesia has ever had. I hope the temple
can be loved by all of the visitors and the government.
 TEXT BIOGRAPHY

Pengertian
Biografi adalah kisah atau keterangan tentang kehidupan seseorang. Sebuah biografi lebih
kompleks daripada sekadar daftar riwayat hidup dan data-data pekerjaan seseorang, biografi juga
bercerita tentang perasaan yang terlibat dalam mengalami kejadian-kejadian tersebut.
Dalam biografi tersebut dijelaskan secara lengkap kehidupan seorang tokoh sejak kecil sampai tua,
bahkan sampai meninggal dunia. Semua jasa, karya, dan segala hal yang dihasilkan atau dilakukan
oleh seorang tokoh diperjelas juga. Teks biografi disusun oleh orang lain, bukan oleh diri sendiri.

Biography terdiri dari dua kata yaitu:

 Bios yang artinya Hidup

 Graphia yang artinya Tulisan.

Biography text is a detailed description or account of a person’s life and written by someone else, it is
nonfiction text.
(Teks Biografi adalah suatu teks yang menggambarkan detail dari riwayat hidup seseorang secara
nyata dan ditulis oleh orang lain.)

Penjelasan
Function of Biography

 To know a person’s story about his/her life outside of any accomplishments this person may
be known for.
Untuk mengetahui kisah seseorang tentang kehidupannya di luar pencapaian apa pun, orang
ini mungkin dikenal.

 To give much information easily and educate the readers.

Untuk memberikan banyak informasi dengan mudah dan mendidik para pembaca.

Characteristics of Biography

 Biography is not written by subject and always written in the third person.
Teks biografi tidak dibuat oleh orang yang sedang diceritakan riwayat hidupnya, tetapi
diceritakan oleh oranglain dalam sudut pandang orang ketiga.

 Based on research.
Teks tersebut dibuat berdasarkan fakta pengalaman hidup suatu tokoh berisi mengenai kisah
atau cerita suatu tokoh dalam mengarungi kehidupannya, entah itu berupa kelebihan,
masalah atau kekurangan yang ditulis oleh orang lain sehingga patut menjadi teladan.

 Describes the person’s surroundings (where, when and how the person lived).
Menceritakan secara detail tentang informasi tokoh yang diceritakan yang meliputi W/H
Question (What, Where, When, Why, How)
  Use vivid language to narrate events.
Penggunaan bahasa harus benar-benar jelas diaplikasikan dalam sebuah teks biografi.
Denagn maksud menghindari kesalahan dalam informasi yang disajikan.

Generic Structure

1. Orientation (Introduction)
It is the opening paragraph, gives the readers the background information of the person.
Biasanya berisi tentang biodata yang dinarasikan seperti nama lengkap, tempat dan tanggal
lahir. Beberapa informasi umum juga dapat disajikan pada bagian ini sebagai pengenalan
tokoh.

2. Events
In events, should be in chronological order.
Tahap ini adalah bagian kejadian atau peristiwa yang dialami oleh tokoh. Berisi penjelasan
suatu cerita baik itu berupa pemecahan masalah, proses berkarir, dan berbagai peristiwa
yang pernah dialami oleh tokoh hingga mengantarkannya pada sebuah kesuksesan.

3. Re-Orientation (Closing)
It consists of a conclusion or comment or the writer. Tell about the achievement or the
contribution of the person.
Pada penutup, bagian ini berisi tentang pandangan penulis kepada tokoh yang dikisahkan.
Reorentasi ini bersifat pilihan yang berarti penulis bisa memberikan pandangan pribadinya
tentang tokoh yang diceritakan atau penulis tidak memberikan pandangan pribadinya
terhadap tokoh yang diceritakan adalah bukan perkara yang penting.

Grammar and Language Features

Simple Past Tense
Simple Past Tense adalah menu utama dalam membuat Teks Biografi. Sebuah bentuk sederhana
kejadian yang terjadi di masa lampau. Menggunakan bentuk kata kerja kedua (verb 2).

Contoh:

 Harry Edward Styles was born in Redditch, Worcestershire on 1 February 1994.

 Many of his ancestors were farm laborers in Norfolk.

 Styles was raised in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire after his parents moved there along with his
older sister, Gemma, when he was a child.

 He attended Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School.

Temporal Sequence and Temporal Conjunction.

Sebagai penghubung antara satu kalimat dengan kalimat lain dalam urutan waktu.
  Temporal Sequence (urutan waktu)

 Temporal Conjunction (konjungsi temporal).

Contoh:

 Styles’ parents divorced when he was seven and his mother later was remarried to Robin
Twist; he died in 2017.

Focus on Specific participants

Use of Action verbs.

Menjelaskan sesuatu hal yang secara aktif dilakukan oleh tokoh dengan menggunakan beberapa kata
kerja dalam bentuk V2 atau Past Form.

Contoh:

 Styles launched his own record label, Erskine Records, in May and he signed a recording
contract with Columbia Records as a solo artist, the same label behind One Direction, in
June.

 Styles wrote the song “Someday” in collaboration with Meghan Trainor for Michael Bublé’s
album Nobody but Me, released in October.

Types of Biography

 Short Biography (focuses only on highlights of a person’s life)

 Long Biography (about life and times of someone in a lot more detail)

Contoh Text Biography :

Biografi Bahasa Inggris | Calum Scott

Calum Scott

Calum Scott was born 12 October 1988 in Kingston Upon Hull. He is a British singer and
songwriter. He won a local talent competition in his home city in Yorkshire, then he came to
worldwide attention when he appeared as a contestant on the television programme Britain’s
Got Talent in 2015. He subsequently released his version of Robyn’s hit “Dancing on My
Own” as a single, which reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and became the best
selling song of that summer in the UK. In 2018 he collaborated with Leona Lewis on the
single “You Are the Reason”.

On 15 August 2013, Scott won the talent competition Mail’s Star Search, organized by Hull
Daily Mail. He then joined a Maroon 5 tribute band and toured around the United Kingdom.
In 2014 he formed the electronic duo, The Experiment with John McIntyre. The debut single,
“Girl (You’re Beautiful)”, was released on 14 June. The duo performed the song on Good
Morning Britain and BBC Look North, but after, broke up.

On 11 April 2015, Scott’s audition for the ninth series of Britain’s Got Talent was broadcast
on ITV. Just before his audition, his sister Jade also auditioned but was stopped early on
both of her songs by Simon Cowell. Jade received three “No” votes from Amanda, David,
and Simon (Aleisha’s vote was unannounced as it was not needed). Despite obvious nerves
at seeing his sister get rejected, Calum performed a cover of Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own”,
which he had heard Kings of Leon performing on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge in 2013.
Following a standing ovation from the judging panel, Simon Cowell pressed the Golden
Buzzer giving Scott an automatic place in the live shows. Explaining his decision to send
Scott straight to the semi-finals, Cowell said: “I’ve never ever in all the years I’ve done this
show heard a guy with the talent you’ve got. Seriously. And the version was sensational, and
that shows to me that you’re more than a singer, you’re an artist and that’s why you got that
(the buzzer).” After this audition, Scott received support from stars such as Little Mix and
Ashton Kutcher.

Following his appearance on the show’s first episode, his Twitter followers jumped from 400
to over 25,000. As of 23 April 2018, the audition has been viewed exactly 157,597,549 times
on YouTube. In the semi-final on 29 May, Scott performed “We Don’t Have to Take Our
Clothes Off” by Jermaine Stewart. Cowell commented “You really sound like a recording
artist”, whilst David Walliams suggested that he could have “success around the world”. He
won the semi-final with 25.6% of the vote, sending him straight through to the final. In the
final on 31 May, Scott performed “Diamonds” by Rihanna and finished sixth out of 12
contestants with 8.2% of the vote. After Britain’s Got Talent, Scott embarked on a series of
shows around the United Kingdom, including Viking FM Future Star Awards, Flamingo Land
Resort Fair, Westwood Cross Shopping Centre’s tenth anniversary, Gibraltar Summer
Nights, Hull Daily Mail’s Star and Dartford Festival.

Scott released his cover of “Dancing on My Own” independently on 15 April 2016. It became
a sleeper hit, first hitting number 40 in the charts in May, despite little radio airplay apart from
on West Hull FM, it climbed into the top 40. It was then added to Radio 2’s “C List” and
reached number two on the UK Singles Chart on 5 August. In August 2016, it was certified
platinum in the UK, having sold over 600,000 copies. Scott announced on Twitter on 24 May
that he had signed a record deal with Capitol Records for his debut album. Scott performed
the song at television shows BBC Look North, Lorraine, Weekend, Late Night with Seth
Meyers and Brazilian show Encontro com Fátima Bernardes. He also promoted the song on
several radio stations, including BBC Radio Humberside, Viking FM, Radio Gibraltar, BFBS
Radio and Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation. On 16 September, he released the
promotional single “Transformar” with Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo as the official
theme of 2016 Summer Paralympics Games. They performed the song at the closing
ceremony of the Paralympics on 18 September. It was revealed in September 2016 that
“Dancing on My Own” was the most downloaded song of the summer in the UK.

In 2017, he toured the US and released the single “You Are the Reason”. Also in 2017, he
began working on his debut album, Only Human, which was released on 9 March 2018. A
new version of “You Are the Reason” was released ahead of the album in early 2018 as a
collaboration with Leona Lewis, and was performed by the two on The One Show in
February 2018. In May, Scott released “What I Miss Most” as the fourth single from Only
Human.
 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
1. Definisi dan fungsi Descriptive text.

Descriptive text adalah suatu jenis teks yang bertujuan untuk menjelaskan atau
mendeskripsikan orang, binatang, tempat ataupun suatu benda. Umumnya, yang
dideskripsikan adalah bentuk, ciri, ataupun sifatnya.

2. Struktur teks (generic structure).

Adapun struktur dari descriptive text adalah sebagai berikut:

 Identification: pengenalan objek atau hal yang akan dideskripsikan.

 Description: penginformasian ciri-ciri objek, misalnya sifat-sifat psikologis perilaku,

tampilan fisik, dan yang lainnya secara spesifik.

3. Unsur kebahasaan.

Descriptive text biasanya menggunakan unsur kebahasaan sebagai berikut:

 Noun: kata benda yang spesifik, misalnya my best friend, my dog, Borobudur
Temple, dan lain – lain. Selain itu, terkadang juga menggunakan kata benda yang
mendapat pemberian kata sifat, misalnya an intelligent student dan a big garden.

 Simple present tense: menggunakan kata kerja bentuk pertama (verb1) dan juga
kata kerja yang dapat menggambarkan keadaan objek atau mengisyaratkan
kepemilikan, misalnya my house has 2 living rooms, Sinta is beautiful, dan lain – lain.

 Adjective: kata sifat digunakan untuk menjelaskan objek.

 Figurative language: menggunakan bahasa figuratif seperti simile atau metafora

sebagai cara untuk memberikan ilustrasi perbandingan, misalnya:

My throat is as dry as a dessert (tenggorokanku sekering gurun).

Her skin is as white as cloud and smooth as water (kulitnya seputih awan dan
selembut air).

Itulah penjelasan mengenai definisi, fungsi, struktur teks, dan juga unsur kebahasaan
dari descriptive text. Silahkan baca salah satu contoh descriptive text pada bacaan dibawah
ini untuk menambah pemahaman kalian dan cobalah untuk melihat kalimat mana yang
mengandung descriptive text.

My Best Friend, Ernesto

I have a best friend. His name is Ernesto and he is my classmate. We go to school together.
Ernesto comes from an educated family. His father is a school principal and his mother is
also a teacher.
He is punctual, well-educated, and has good manners. He is really hard working. He always
does his homework. He is also well-dressed and well-behaved. All teachers have a high
opinion of him. Ernesto has a well-built body. He is gentle but fearless. Moreover, Ernesto
takes part in all sports, scout, trekking and mountaineering activities. He has a good heart
and he is truthful.

He also plays the guitar, and he makes his parents very proud of him. He secures good
marks and is usually top of his class in examinations. He inspires me to work harder. He
keeps me away from bad company. I am happy to have such a friend.
 NARRATIVE TEXT
A. Definisi dan fungsi narrative text.

Narrative text adalah suatu jenis teks yang berupa cerita khayalan, kisah nyata yang
direkayasa, atau dongeng. Narrative text menceritakan suatu cerita yang memiliki rangkaian
peristiwa kronologis yang saling terhubung. Tujuan dari narrative text adalah untuk
menghibur pembacanya.

B. Struktur teks (generic structure).

Adapun struktur dari narrative text adalah sebagai berikut:

 Orientation: pendahuluan atau pembuka yang berupa pengenalan tokoh, waktu, dan
tempat.

 Complication: pengembangan konflik atau pemunculan masalah pada cerita.

 Resolution: penyelesaian konflik atau langkah yang diambil untuk merespons

masalah.

 Re-orientation: ungkapan – ungkapan penutup yang menunjukan berakhirnya suatu

cerita. Re-orientation bersifat opsional atau tidak selalu ada pada narrative text.

 Coda: perubahan yang terjadi pada tokoh dan pelajaran/ nilai moral yang bisa dipetik
dari cerita. Coda juga bersifat opsional.

C. Unsur kebahasaan.

Pada umumnya, narrative text memiliki unsur kebahasaan sebagai berikut:

 Noun: pada umumnya kata benda (noun) digunakan sebagai kata ganti orang
hewan, atau benda dalam cerita, misalnya stepmother, the dwarfs, carriage, dan lain-
lain.

 Past tense: narrative text menggunakan kata kerja bentuk lampau (verb 2),
misalnya went, ate, met,dan lain-lain.

 Time connective: merupakan kata penghubung waktu untuk mengurutkan kejadian,

misalnya after, before, after that, dan lain sebagainya.

 Action verbs: kata kerja yang menunjukan peristiwa atau kegiatan, misalnya stayed,
climbed, wrote,dan lain-lain.

 Saying and thinking verb: kata kerja yang menunjukan pelaporan atau ujaran,
misalnya said, told, thought, dan lain sebagainya.

Nah, itu dia guys penjelasan mengenai definisi, fungsi, struktur teks, dan juga unsur
kebahasaan dari narrative text. Kalian bisa membaca satu contoh narrative text pada
bacaan dibawah ini.
 The Monkeys and The Cap Seller

Once, a cap seller was passing through a jungle. He was very tired and needed to rest.
Then, he stopped and spread a cloth under a tree.

He placed his bag full of caps near him and lay down with his cap on his head. The cap
seller had a sound sleep for one hour.

When he got up, the first thing he did was to look into his bag. He was startled when he
found all his caps were not there.

When he looked up the sky, he was very surprised to see monkeys sitting on the branches of
a tree, each of the monkeys is wearing a cap of on its head.

They had evidently done it to imitate him. He decided to get his caps back by making a
humble request to the monkeys.

In return, the monkeys only made faces of him. When he begun to make gesture, the
monkeys also imitated him.

At last, he found a clever idea. ” Monkeys are a great imitator,” he thought. So he took off his
own cap and threw it down on the ground.

And as he had expected, all the monkeys took off the caps and threw the caps down on the
ground. Quickly, he stood up and collected the caps, put them back into his bag and went
away.