Introduction
Definition of Recount Text
Recount text is a text that telling the reader about one story, action or activity. Its goal is to entertaining or informing the reader. (sebuah teks yang menceritakan sebuah cerita, aksi ataupun aktifitas. Tujuan recount text adalah untuk menghibur atau memberi informasi kepada pembaca)
Or (atau)
Recount is a text which retells event or experiences in the past. (sebuah teks yang menceritakan kembali kejadian atau pengalaman di masa lampau)
Generic Structure of Recount Text
# Orientation : It gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text, such as who was involved, where it happened, and when it happened.
# Events : A series of events, ordered in a chronological sequence.
# Re-orientation :A personal comment about the event or what happened in the end.
The Characteristics / Language Feature of Recount Text:
– Using the simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, and past perfect continuous tense.
– Using temporal sequence, e.g. On Saturday. On Monday, On Sunday
– Focus on specific participant, e.g. I (the writer)
– Using the conjunctions, such as: then, before, after, etc.
– Using action verd, e.g. went, stayed
Read text carefully and see the translation
Being Late
Last morning, Dinar, my roommate woke up late and she had to go to campus.
When she wanted to take her motorcycle, in fact she couldn’t move it because there were some motorcycles that blocked up her motorcycle.
She tried to move all of the motorcycles, so that her motorcycle could move from the garage. But she couldn’t do it.
Then, she called Adel who had that motorcycle which blocked it up. After that, her friend who had that motorcycle helped her. Finally, she could move her motorcycle and rode it to go to campus.
Translation.
(Pagi yang lalu, Dinar, teman sekamar saya bangun terlambat dan dia harus pergi ke kampus. Ketika dia ingin mengambil sepeda motornya, pada kenyataannya dia tidak bisa menggerakan motornya karena ada beberapa sepeda motor yang menghalangi sepeda motornya.
Dia mencoba untuk memindahkan semua sepeda motor itu, sehingga sepeda motornya bisa pindah dari garasi. Tapi ia tidak bisa melakukannya.
Kemudian, dia menelepon Adel yang memiliki sepeda motor yang yang menghalanginya itu. Setelah itu, temannya yang memiliki sepeda motor itu membantunya. Akhirnya, ia bisa menggerakkan sepeda motor dan menaikinya untuk pergi ke kampus.