a. Orientation
Orientation provides the setting and introduces the participants with 5 W formula who, what, when, where, and why about the text. It told the reader
who was involved, what happened, where this event took place, and when it happened to make sense of the text. For example an orientation for a recount
of a climb of Mount Everest, the students should tell the reasons for the climb and an explanation of the climatic conditions.
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b. Series of Events
The readers understanding of the topic is the most important thing, because it means the readers could get what the students write about. In recount text,
events should be added carefully to add the readers understanding of the topic. Series of events tell what happened in sequence. It gives more information
about the story and give the specific details of what, who, where, and when. This part also tells how the characters of the story react to the complication.
The events can be told to use conjunctions or connectives; first, next, then, finally, and so on.
c. Reorientation
Reorientation is a conclusion of the events. It usually summaries the result and offers personal opinion or comment of the recount text, but it is just optional.
Reorientation generally refers to some of the information in the orientation paragraph.
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The following text is the example of Schematic structure of personal recount text:
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John Barwick, Targeting Text: Recount, Procedure, Exposition; Upper Level, Sydney: Blake Education, 1999, p. 5.
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Ibid, p. 6.
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Andersons, op. cit., p. 25.
Table 2.1 The Example of Recount Text
Orientation We are having a great holiday here on the Gold
Coast. Yesterday we went to Movie World.
Sequence of Events
When we got up in the morning it looked like rain. After a while the clouds disappeared and it
became a sunny day. We then decided to go to Movie World.
The first ride I went on was Lethal Weapon. Next I saw the Police Academy show. After that
I had lunch as I was really hungry. Meanwhile, Mum and Kelly queued for the Batman ride.
About one o’clock we got a light shower of rain but it cleared up soon after. We then went on all
the other rides followed by the studio tour.
Reorientation It was a top day. See you when we get back.
Love Sam
5. The Language Features of Recount Text
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