The Linguistic Features of Recount Text The Generic Structures of Recount Text
in order in which they happened. The purposes of personal recount text are to inform or to entertain the reader. Here is the example of
personal recount text. My Experience in EOS Studio
This morning my friends and I went to EOS studio. It is not very far from our school, so we just rode our bicycles.
First, we met Shanti and Riko outside the studio. Then they took us into the studio and showed us around.
After that, we had lunch at EOS canteen. The food was delicious. Before we went home, we took some photographs
with Shanti and Riko.
It was tiring but we were very happy.
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2. Factual Recount A factual recount text usually gives the report of the particular
events by reconstructing the factual information. This kind of recount usually is used in reporting the information that related to the police in
reconstructing the accident or historical recount. It also uses in a biographical recount uses specific names of the people involved in the
biography. Here is the example of factual recount: a biography of Maya Gazali.
Biography of Maya Gazali Maya Gazali was born in Palu. She grew up in a small
village. She began school when she was six years old. She went to elementary school, but she did not go to high school.
Her family was very poor, and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She worked on an assembly line in
a shoe factory.
When Maya was seventeen years old, her family moved to West Java. First, they lived in Bogor, and then they
moved to Bandung. When Maya arrived in Java, she was not very happy. She missed her friends back in Palu and she
didn’t speak like other children. She began to learn to speak like other children, and she practiced with her new friends at
the factory in Bandung.
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Maya also studied hard. She learned English, and after a few months, she got a job as a secretary. Now Maya
still studies at night, but now she studies advertising at a business school. She wants to work for an advertising
company some day and write commercials.
Maya still misses her friends back home, but she communicates with them very often over the Internet. She’s
very happy now, and she’s looking forward to an exciting future.
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3. Imaginative Recount Imaginative recount is a recount text that used for applying the
information or knowledge to the imaginary role in order to explain the events. It is an unreal story. It is just a story of imagination that
someone has in his or her mind. Here is the part example of imaginative recount text.
My Rainforest Adventure Today I woke up at 5:00am in the morning. I put on
my loose fitting shirt, trousers, sturdy black boots with little holes in them, wide brimmed hat and a plastic bag with spare
dry clothes in case it rained so I didn’t get a cold. When I got out of the four-wheel drive, I could feel the refreshing cool
air; it smelt like it had been raining for ages before I came to the rainforest. I decided to explore the forest floor. When I
got out of the four-wheel drive, I could feel the refreshing cool air; it smelt like it had been raining for ages before I
come to the rainforest. I decide to explore the forest floor.
The first animal I saw was a magnificent, giant eastern brown snake. I was so scared I felt like I wanted to
run but that would be really dangerous The second animal I spotted was a beetle eating a rotten berry. I bent down to
have a closer look but it stank like rotten eggs and onion mixed together.
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It had beautiful, magnificent, midnight blue eyes and it looked very graceful. I had a great time because I liked the
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rainforest. The most terrifying animal was the eastern brown snake. I liked the blue butterfly the best of all the animals.
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Read the full imaginative recount story in the website 4. Procedural Recount
A procedural recount records events such as a science experiment or a step in experiment. The purpose of procedural recount texts is to
inform the reader about the procedure to do something or the result or findings.
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Here is the example of procedural recount text. The Science Project
Last week Ayu and Siska did a science project at school. They did this project to show that hot air always rises.
Before they started, they prepared the balloon, a bottle, and a bucket full of hot water. First, they blew up the
balloon. Then, they let the air out from the balloon. After that, they put the balloon to cover the top of the bottle.
Finally, they put the bottle in the bucket that was full of hot water.
As a result, the air in the bottle got hotter and rose into the balloon.
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From three kinds of recount text above, generally they have a same characteristic that is to retell past events chronologically.