RECOUNT TEXT

Example of Recount Text

My holiday
Generic structure
Last week I went to Mount Bromo. I stayed at my friend’s house in
Orientation
Probolinggo, East Java. The house has a big garden with colourful flowers
and a small pool.
In the morning, my friend and I saw Mount Batok. The scenery was
very beautiful. We rode on horseback. It was scary, but it was fun. Then, we Sequence of events
went to get closer look at the mountain. We took pictures of the beautiful
scenery there. After that, we took a rest and had lunch under a big tree.
Before we go home, went to the zoo at Wonokromo. We went home in the
afternoon.
We were very tired. However, I think it was really fun to have a
Reorientation
holiday like this. I hope my next holiday will be more interesting.

Notes

The text above is a recount text. It tells “what happened”. The purpose of the text is to document a series
of event and evaluate their significance in some way. It focuses on a sequence of events, all of which
relate to the occasion. It also has expressions of attitude and feeling, usually made by the writer about
events.

The text recount is organized to include:

 An orientation providing background information needed to understand the text,i.e., who was
involved, where it happened, when it happened.
 A record of events usually recounted in a chronological order.
 Personal comments and/or evaluate remark on the incident

Common grammatical features of a recount include:

 Use of nouns and pronouns to identify people, animals or things involved

 Use of action verbs to refer to events
 Use past tense to locate event in relation to writer time
 Use of conjunctions and time connectives to sequence the events
 Use of adverbs and adverbial phrases to indicate place and time
 Use of adjective to describe nouns
 SIMPLE PAST TENSE

 Simple past tense is used to express something that happened in their past. Here is the
pattern.

S + Verb2

Examples:
I went to the zoo yesterday

I visited Lake Toba last week

 Usually, you use the following adverbs of time in simple past tense
Yesterday
Last week
Last…
Two days ago….
….ago

TASK

Write paragraphs about your most memorable holiday.

 DESCRIBING PERSON

The Adorable Daniel Radcliffe

My idol is Daniel and Radcliffe. His full name is Daniel Jacob Radcliffe. His
nick name is Dan. He was born in Fulham, London, 23 July 1989. Dan has dark
brown hair. The colour of his eyes is blue. His height is about 168 cm. He is
intelligent and a humorous person. I admire him since his first appearance in
“Harry Potter and The Sorcerer Stone.” I think he is a good actor.

How to describe people:

Height Body Age Hair Face Eyes

Tall Slim Young Long Round Big
short Thin Old Short Oval Round
Fat teenager Bald Square Blue
muscular straight Wrinkles Brown
Curly Pale Green
Wavy Bearded Hazel
Black Shaved Bright
Red Slanting
brown

*We use the Present Simple tense to talk about things in general. We are not thinking
only about the present. We say it to say that something is true in general.
TASK

Describe these people in your own sentences.

 DESCRIBING PLACES

Read the text.

Generic structure

Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a large performing art
Definition and time
place. It becomes an Australian icon. It was established in
1973. It is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The Sydney Opera House covers 1.8 hectares of land. It Description of
is 183 m long and about 120 m wide. The building can load physical features
25.000 people.
The Opera House is a place for large theatrical
Description of
productions. It is the home of Open Australia, the Sydney
purpose
Theatre Company and the Sydney Symphonyan.
There are also five theatres in Sydney Opera House.
There are also five rehearsal studios, two main halls, four Description of
features
restaurants, six bars, and many souvenir shops. The design of
the Opera House is very unique. The roof looks like giant
shells.
Besides for theatrical productions, the Opera House is Description of use
also used for other functions. It is used for weddings, parties,
and conference.

Find the generic structure.

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is a Buddhist monument in Central Java. It is one of the most

interesting tourist attractions in Indonesia. It was built in the ninth century. Borobudur
has 2,672 reliefs and 504 Buddha statues. The reliefs illustrate the journey of pilgrims to
three levels in Buddhist cosmology. Those three levels are Kamadhatu, Rupadhatu, and
Arupadhatu. Borobudur is still uses for pilgrimage. One a year Buddhists in Indonesia
celebrate Vesak there.

TASK. Write a short text about one of tourist resorts in your province or district.
 ARGUMENTATIVE TEXT

Read the text carefully.

Save Your Money Now Generic structure

You may be asking yourself why it is necessary to save

money. If you have enough to pay everything you need, why
Thesis
should you worry about putting some money aside each month?
There are varieties or reasons to begin saving money. Different
people save for different reasons. Here are some reasons that you
may consider saving your money.
One reason is for emergency funds. It is important enough
to have an emergency fund set aside to cover unexpected
expenses. Another important reason to save money is for your
retirement. Although it is too hard to do but the sooner you start Argument
saving retirement, the less you will have to save in the future. The
third reason to save money is for vacation or secondary items. You
buying and negotiating power goes a lot farther when you have a
significant saving.
From the reason mentions above, it is unquestionable that
saving money is a good habit and it is a compulsory, like an old Reiteration/Recommendation
proverb saying “forewarned, forearmed”.

TASK

Choose one of the following topics and make an argumentative text.

- Social Media is Bad for Students

- The Problem of Being Fat
- TV is Bad for Children
- The Unhealthy Fast Food