Recount
Recount adalah teks yang menyampaikan serentetan peristiwa/ kejadian /pengalaman yang terjadi pada waktu lampau. Kadangkala recount juga bermaksud untuk menghibur pembaca.
Generic structure:
Orientation - event (s) - reorientation.
Maksud dari event (s) adalah bahwa even yang terjadi bisa lebih dari satu, sedangkan Reorientation adalah optional (boleh ada boleh tidak).
Tenses yang digunakan selalu Past Tense. Kenapa? Tentu saja karena recount mencerikan peristiwa yang terjadi di masa lampau. Sudah jelaskan?.
Namun tidak semua peristiwa yang terjadi pada masa lampau adalah recount. Coba simak artike
Language features Recounts are written in the past tense.:
They can be written in the first or the third person
1st person It is happening to the person writing the recount i.e. I went to the park.
3rd person. An observer is telling it. Tom went to the park, there he saw a pond.
The connectives in a recount are often: Next, then, after that.
Recounts focus on what an individual or a group of people were doing.
The following are examples of recounts.
Example of recount
A Tour to the Botanic Gardens
On Thursday 24 April, Year Eight students went to the Botanic Gardens. We walked down and got into the bus.
After we arrived at the gardens, we walked down to the Education Centre. We went to have a look around. First we went to the Orchid Farm and Mrs. Rita read us some of the information. Then we looked at all the lovely plants. After that we went down to a little spot in the Botanic Gardens and had morning tea.