Recount Text

Recount Text

• Goal/Purpose/Aim/Social Function (Tujuan/Fungsi)

To tell/retell the past events or the past experience. (Untuk memberitahu/menceritakan kembali kejadian atau peristiwa di waktu lampau)

• Generic Structure (Struktur Teks)

1. Orientation (pengenalan): memuat what (apa), who (siapa), when (kapan), where (dimana), why (mengapa), how (bagaimana)
2. Events: peristiwa/kejadian
3. Re-orientation: personal coment (pendapat penulis mengenai kejadian/peristiwa dalam teks)

• Example (Contoh Recount Text singkat/pendek)

At The Zoo

Last Sunday Yuda and Agung visited Gembira Loka Zoo in Yogyakarta. It is the most famous zoo in Yogyakarta. In this zoo they enjoyed many kinds of animals range from small reptiles, birds, to big mammals rang. The are from many regions in Indonesia and some from abroad. There are tigers from Sumatra, one horned rhinos from Java, elephants from Lampung and giraffes from Africa, etc. They are placed in many blocks.

Firstly, Yuda and Agung enjoyed Sumatran tigers. The are not placed on the wired cages, but in rather large place. The can room in an open space. The visitors can see them from the upper places. Some of them throw some food in the tiger, but they didn't eat it. Yuda and Agung gave them some fish and they ate it.

After being satisfied to enjoy Sumatran tigers, they continue to the next block. In this block they enjoyed some other big mammals like hippotamus and giraffes from Africa, anoa from Sulawesi, bears from China and elephants from Lampung. Then they enjoyed many kinds of birds in the another block. There are cassowaries from Sulawesi, ostriches from Africa, peacocks from Irian Jaya and "white Jalak" from Bali, etc.

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