Recount text

Recount text is a text that telling the reader about one story, action or activity. Its goal is to
entertaining or informing the reader. Recount is a text which retells event or experiences in the
past.

Generic Structure of Recount Text

1. Orientation : It gives the readers the background information needed to understand the
text, such as who was involved, where it happened, and when it happened
2. Events : A series of events, ordered in a chronological sequence.
3. Re-orientation : A personal comment about the event or what happened in the end.

Purpose of Recount Text

– To retell past experience

The Characteristics / Language Feature of Recount Text

– Using the simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, and past perfect
continuous tense.
– Using temporal sequence, e.g. On Saturday. On Monday, On Sunday
– Focus on specific participant, e.g. I (the writer)
– Using the conjunctions, such as: then, before, after, etc.
– Using action verd, e.g. went, stayed

A Page from A Girl’s Diary

ditulis oleh Pratama Lysa Hapsari

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

It was takbiran night. It was also my birthday, and nothing happened. Or I had thought nothing
would happen, but I was wrong.

That night, I was watching television with my family when I heard someone lit fireworks in my
front yard. I peeped through my window glass but could see nothing. It was very dark outside.
Then I thought it had to be my cousins who lit the fireworks. Then I plopped down on my sofa
again and tried to concentrate on the television since my mind raced with disappointment that no
one gave something special on my birthday.

I shrugged, it was almost the end of the day and I became pessimist. Five minutes later my
mobile beeped. It was a text from my friend asking me to come out. Wondering what was going
on, I grabbed my jacket and hurried to the front door. I was surprised to see her bring a bag full
of firework and fire drills. Next I was surprised to see my other friend come out from the
darkness. She brought a beautiful birthday cake on her hands. Oh my God! I shrieked. Then they
gave the cake to me who was too stunned to say anything. I realized I was blushing furiously
because my whole family was watching. Not to mention my neighbors too!

A plain day, or I thought it was before, turned out to be one of the greatest moment in my life. I
didn’t even know how to describe what I felt. Happy was the simplest word.