1 2 PURPOSE

DEFINITION

Characteristics
4 of Language
Recount Text GENERIC
3 STRUCTURE
 one type of text in English
that retells about events or
experiences in the past.
 The purpose is to
inform or to intertain
the audience about
experiences in the
past.
Orientation

Event

Re- Orientation
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Use sentences in the

form of Past Tense :

Example: We went to
Bandung last year, I
was very happy.

Using Action Verbs :

Examples: went,
bought, wrote, slept,
etc.
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Use Adverbs and

Adverbial Phrase to
express time, place
and method :
Example: yesterday,
at school, quickly,
etc.
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Use Conjunction and

Time Connectives to
sort events or events
Examples: but, and,
after that, etc.
Pay attention to the following text analysis
Orientation
Yesterday, when I had my first day at school.
Event 1
I was little bit late so one of the seniors got mad at me.
Event 2
He was so nervous that when he gave a command he did it wrongly.
Event 3
All the juniors laughed at him.
Event 4
Finally he let us all join the other students who didn’t come late
Reorientation
It was a funny experience on my first day at school.

Note:
•The underlined words are doing verbs
•The italicized word belong to temporal conjunction
Example 2:
Orientation
Three days ago, I went to the traditional market to buy some
fruits and vegetables.
Event
In that market, I saw an accident, there was a thief beaten by a
lot of people. It was so terrible. I didn’t want to take closer and
see.
A few minutes later, police came and took him.
I asked to the fruit seller what had happened actually and she
said that the thief tried to steal someone’s wallet but he was
unlucky.
Someone saw him and shouted loudly and suddenly some
people roughed him up hardly.
Reorientation
It was a pity event and I hoped it would never happen again.
The example of recount video:

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