Dicky Prasetyo Masni
Dicky Prasetyo Masni
Dicky Prasetyo Masni
aApr
il
aWangka
XMI
PA1
1.Whati
srecountt
extmeans?
Recounttextistheoneoft extwhi
chtel
lthereaderaboutst
ory
,acti
on,oract
ivi
tywhichhappen
i
nthepast .Recounttextretel
l
sthepasteventi
ncludi
ngwhowasi nvol
ved,whathappened,
wheretheev enttookplaceandwhenithappened.
2.Whati
sthepur
poseofr
ecountt
ext
?
Recountai
msei t
herinf
ormingorenter
tai
ningtheiraudi
ence(
orboth)
.recountt
extistoli
stand
descri
bepastexper
iencesbyret
ell
i
ngev entsi
nt heorderi
nwhicht
heyhappened.Itret
ell
sthe
pastevent
.
3.Ment
iongener
icst
ruct
ureofr
ecountt
ext
!andexpl
aini
t!
t
hest
ruct
ureofr
ecountt
exti
s:
a.ori
entati
on: i
tisgiv
et heli
stenerorr
eaderi
nfor
mati
onaboutt
hesetti
ngofti
meandpl
ace
andthoseinv ol
vedintheevent.andtel
lswhowasinv
olved,
whathappened,
wheret
heev
ents
tookplace,andwheni thappened.
b.event
s:tel
lwhathappenedi
nchr
onol
ogi
cal
sequence.Aser
iesofev
ent
sor
der
edi
na
chronol
ogi
calsequence.
c.Reori
entat
ion(
opt
ional
):thespeaker
's/wri
ter'
sownviewoffeel
i
ngsoft
heev
ent
s.A
personalcommentabouttheeventorwhathappenedi
ntheend.
4.Ment
iont
hechar
act
eri
sti
csofr
ecountt
ext
?
a.f
ocusonspeci
fi
cpar
ti
cipant
b.usi
ngsi
mpl
epastt
ense,
pastcont
inuoust
ense,
pastper
fect
c.usi
ngchor
onol
ogi
cal
connect
ion,
suchasf
ir
st,
next
,andt
hen
d.usi
ngl
i
nki
ngv
erbandact
ionv
erb
e.usi
ngadv
erbs
f
.usi
ngt
empor
alsequence.
g.usi
ngt
heconj
unct
ions
5.Wr
it
eoneexampl
eofr
ecountt
ext
!
Vacat
iont
oTheBeach
Or
ient
ati
on:
Lastweek,Iandmyfr
iendswenttothebeachaf
terschool
.Weusedpubl
i
ctr
anspor
tat
ion.We
reachedt
hebeachat4p.meter.Thebeachwasbeautif
ulandcl
ean.
Ev
ent
s:
Atthebeach,i
twasf un.Wepl
ayedfootbal
li
nt hecoastli
ne.Af
tert
hat,
webui l
tacastl
efr
om
sand.I
nthenight,wemadebonfir
etogether
.Wer oastedfi
shesandsquit
esthenweatethem.
Inthemidni
ght,i
twast i
metoshareourscarystor
ies.Onebyone,wetoldourstor
y.
Reor
ient
ati
on:
Att
hemor
ning,
wewenthome.I
twasamomenti
nev
erf
orgot
.