RECOUNT TEXT

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


II. Generic Structure
   

1. 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.
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.

III. 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)

IV. The Significant Features

1.     Focus on spesific participants
2.     Focus on temporal sequence
3.     Use of material processes
4.     Circumstance of time and place
5.     Use of past tense

V. Example

Story by: @Rizkykiy

Last week, my friends and I were doing LDK or maybe in english is, The Basic of the Leading Practice. 

In the night of saturday (Sep, 17th 2011), it was about 12 p.m. our seniors woke us up. My friends and I had known what would happen. And.... our mind was right. We had 'Perjalanan Suci'. It meant, we had to walked around our school alone and we had to follow the candles.

When I started walking, my heart was beating so fast. I never do this before. But I had to did that, because I think I'm not a loser.

First, I had to past the second field. And then the physic lab. On the way of the physics lab, it was so dark. And I met 'kuntilanak and pocong' haha. They were my seniors. All of the ghosts were my seniors. And then I had to past the back of the school. And I met 'ghosts' too. After that, I went to in front of the school. I met my seniors who didn't use costume. She told me to filled the absent . And it was in the GRAVE!!!

After that, I walked in front of the classes. They were so many 'ghosts'. And in the end, my senior told me to filled the absent in the toilet, and there were 'ghosts' too.

Over all, we did LDK was almost one week. And I thought, the best experience was when we did 'Perjalanan Suci'. Even it was so tiring and made me a little bit nervous, but I was really really happy.

PS:

1. The first paragraph is Orientation
2. The second paragraph is Events
3. The third paragraph is Re-Orientation

C-ya~