Teks recount adalah teks yang bercerita tentang kejadian atau peristiwa yang telah berlalu / lampau. Biasanya tentang pengalaman pribadi penulis.
GENERIC STRUCTURE
1) Orientation (orientasi) :
Berisi pendahuluan tentang tokoh yang ada dalam cerita tersebut, peristiwa yang terjadi, tempat dan waktu peristiwa itu terjadi.
2) Events :
Berisi jalinan peristiwa / kejadian yang ada dalam cerita pengalaman tersebut. Bagian ini bisa terdiri atas beberapa event / peristiwa.
3) Re-orientation :
Berisi tentang rangkuman / penutup cerita.
CHARACTERISTICS
à Menggunakan past tense
à Menggunakan kata hubung (conjunctions). Misal : then, before, after, next, meanwhile, afterwards, a few minutes later, after that, etc.
Example !
My First Experience in Climbing a Mountain
I had never thought of climbing Mt. Kerinci. I hesitated when friends of mine asked me to join them on a one-night camping and mountaineering activity. Frankly, I had never done this type of challenging activity before. I could not really refuse because I had a lot of spare time in my semester holidays. I went there with five of my friends.
We started to walk upwards through the bushes first and then into the jungle. As we moved, on we heard wild animal noises and we saw monkeys jumping from branch to another. Judging from the plants, we were sure that we were in a rainforest area.
At midday, we came to the peak of the mountain and saw the large crater. There was a white flag there to remind visitors of dangers. We took our photos and then we began to rush down the mountain.
