Recount Text

Recount text is a text that is used to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining.

The generic structures of recount text are :
1. Orientation ( it gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text such as who was involved, where it happened, when it happened)
2. Events (a series of events, ordered in a chronological sequence)
3. Re-orientation (restates the writer’s opinion or personal comment of the writer on the incident

The significant Lexicogrammatical features :
1. Use of simple past tense
2. Use of temporal conjunctions (when, after, before, next, later, then)
3. Use of personal pronoun (I, we)

EXAMPLE:

My Holiday

Last holiday after national examination, i went to bali for 4 days with my family.

My father and my mother went to bali for work 3 days before my brother and i went there.

In bali, we went to many places.
In first day, after my brother and i arrived in ngurah rai airport we went to sanur beach, kuta beach, and ulluwatu for watched kecak dance.
In second day, we went to garuda wisnu kencana,tanah lot, and ate seafood in jimbaran. tanah lot was very beautiful.
In the third day, we went to waterbom, kuta beach, and art market for bought handicraft for my friends.
In last day, we just stayed in hotel and went to airport in the afternoon and arrived in bandung in the evening.