RECOUNT TEXT Recount is a text which retells events or experiences in the past.

Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the audience. There is no complication among the participants and that differentiates from narrative A. Social Function Retell something that happened in the past and to tell a series of past event present a view of the world that entertains or informs the listener or the reader. B. Generic Structures of Recount 1. Orientation Introduces the participants and informing the time and the place or in another world tells us about the who?, where?, and when? Of the story. This is also known as the setting. 2. Events Describing series of event that happened in the past or to tell what happened in what sequence. 3. Resolution The crisis caused by the complication is solved or in another word shows the way of participant to solve the crises, better or worse. 4. Re-orientation It is optional. Stating personal comment of the writer to the story. C. Language Features of Recount 1. Using past tense 2. Temporal sequence (after, before, then, on Friday, one day, at the beginning, in the end, first, next, later, finally, etc) 3. Using action verb / material processes (went, slept, ran, caught, arrived, bought, looked at). E.g. He went to the zoo, she was happy. 4. Introducing personal participant : I, my, group, etc.

5. Using chronological connections : then, first, etc 6. Using linking verb : was, were, saw, heard, etc 7. Focus on specific participant (nouns and pronouns : we, David, the animal, etc).

D. Example of Recount Vacation to London Mr. Richards family was on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons. They went to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to Orientation the British Embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They had booked fourteen days tour. This includes travel and accommodation. They also included tours around London. They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen hours. On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them newspaper and magazine to read. They gave them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight. They slept part Event 1 of the way. On arrival at Heathrow Airport, they had to go to Customs and Immigration. The officers were pleasant. They checked the document carefully but their manners were very polite. Mr. Richard and his family collected their bags and went to London Welcome Desk. They arranged the transfer to a hotel.

The hotel was a well-known four-star hotel. The room had perfect view of the park. The room had its own Event 2 bathroom and toilet. Instead of keys for the room, they inserted a key-card to open the door. On the third floor, there was a restaurant serving Asian and European food. They had variety of food. Re-orientation The two week in London went by fast. At the end of the 14-day, they were quite tired but they felt very happy.