Teks recount

merupakan jenis teks yang kontennya melaporkan peristiwa, kejadian, atau

kegiatan
yang menimpa seseorang, atau berupa pengalaman seseorang. Tujuan teks
recount adalah untuk
memberitahukan atau hiburan.
Teks recount umumnya memiliki
struktur:
- orientation, pendahuluan atau pembuka berupa pengelanalan tokoh, waktu,
dan tempat.
- events, rangkaian kejadian/peristiwa.
- reorientation, penutup—ungkapan-ungkapan yang menunjukkan
peristiwa/kejadian/kegiatan
sudah selesai.
- komentar pribadi akan peritiwa yang diutarakan, sifatnya opsional.

Some time ago the ruin of an unfortunate Adam Air was found. The
only
passenger found ‘still alive’ was a monkey.
Surprisingly, the monkey could speak using ‘Tarzan’s language’ to
the
investigators, when it was interrogated about what really happened
just before
the accident.
When the investigators asked “What were the pilot and stewardess
doing at
that time?”, the monkey touched the fingers of the left hand to the
fingers on the
right signaling that they were dating and ‘kissing’. The investigators
continued
asking “What were the passengers doing?”. The monkey held both its
hand
palms under its cheek, signaling that they were sleeping.
The investigators wondered “And what were you doing at that time?”.
The
monkey raised both hands and showed its fists as though it had been
holding
the steering wheel, signaling that the monkey itself drove the plane!!
Penguin in the Park
Once a man was walking in a park when he came across a
penguin. He took him to a policeman and said, ‘I have just found
this
penguin. What should I do? The policeman replied, ‘Take him to the
zoo!’
The next day the policeman saw the same man in the same park
and the man was still carrying the penguin with him. The policeman
was rather surprised and walked up to the man and asked, ‘Why are
you still carrying that penguin about? Didn’t you take it to the zoo?’
‘I
certainly did,’ replied the man, ‘and it was a great idea because he
really enjoyed it, so today I’m taking him to the movies!’

Teks recount sering menggunakan unsur kebahasaan tertentu, antara lain:

- noun tertentu sebagai kata ganti orang, misalnya Otong Setiawan, Seanu
Prabu, Ratu Kadita,
Eha, Djuharie, dsb.
- indidual participant, terfokus pada kisahan partisipan (pelaku) tertentu
yang spesifik.
- past tense, menggunakan kata kerja bentuk lampau, misalnya went, ran,
ate, dsb.
- time connective dan conjunction untk mengurutkan kejadian, misalnya
after, before, soon,
then, after that,dsb.
- action verbs, kata kerja yang menunjukkan peristiwa atau kegiatan,
misalnya stayed, climbeb,
killed, dll.
- adverbs dan adverb phrases untuk menunjukkan tempat, waktu, dan cara,
misalnya,
yesterday, last week, at home, slowly, carefully, dll.
Contoh:
On Friday we went to the blue mountains. We stayed at David and
Della’s house. It has a big garden with lots of colourful flowers and
tennis court.
On Saturday we saw the Three sisters and went on the scenic
railway. It was scary. Then, Mummy and I went shopping with Della.
We
went to some antique shops and tried on some old hats.
On Sunday we went on the Scenic Skyway and it rocked. We saw
cockatoos having a shower.
In the afternoon we went home.
Dear Ratu,
I’m writing to you concerning of my last day in Jogya. I just
got
back from Borobudur, the wonderful temple I’ve ever seen.
The
weather is fine. We are now staying in a hotel. It is not far
from
Malioboro. We are treated well here. It has many excellent
staff who
serve the customers. We plan to go around Malioboro after
the children
take a short nap. We want to enjoy having “lesehan” there. It
is a kind
of a restaurant but we sit on the ground.
Many kinds of local handicraft are sold along Malioboro
street. Both
domestic and foreign tourists are interested in them. I want
to buy

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