sequence”.
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On the other word, the main purpose of recount writing is as a medium for the writer to share events, activities, and experiences that occured in
the past related to hisher daily life in written form.
3. The Generic Structure of Recount Text
Anderson Anderson explained the generic structures of recount text as follows:
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a. Orientation: provides some basic information related to the event such as who, what, where and when.
b. Events: tells the events that happened in a chronological sequence. c. Re-orientation: a conclusion of the story.
4. The Language Features of Recount Text
The language features of recount text are as follows:
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a. Use of noun, e.g., man, journey, town, etcetera. b. Use of pronoun, e.g., it, he, him, his, etcetera.
c. Use of action verbs, e.g., wanted, decided, ate, etcetera. d. Use of past tense, e.g., A rich man wanted to make a journey to another town.
e. Use of time conjunction, e.g., before, finally, etcetera. f. Use of adverb, e.g., cheerfully, quickly, etcetera.
g. Use of adverb of phrases, e.g., a few days ago, at the end of the journey, etcetera.
h. Use of adjectives, e.g. old, clever, light, heavy, etcetera
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Ken Hyland, op. cit., p. 20.
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Mark Anderson and Kathy Anderson, op. cit., p. 50.
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Linawati Setiadi et al. loc. cit.
5. The Example of Recount Text Model of Recount Text
Photograph when having holiday in Singapore
Title
Having Holiday in Singapore
Orientation
Last month, my friends and I went to Singapore to
spend our holiday. Events
We stayed there for three days. On Tuesday morning,
we were ready at the ‘Husein Airport’. The plane took off at 12.25 p.m. and landed at ‘Changi Airport at about 3 p.m.
Then, we went to the hotel by taxi. In the afternoon, we took
a walk to ‘Mustafa Centre’ it’s not far from the hotel. There’re many things sold here, we felt hungry so we found
some food for our dinner.
The next day , we visited The Merlion Park, it was
crowded. There are a lot of people came from different countries. After taking photographs in the park, we went
shopping to Orchard, we could find everything here. At noon, we continued our trip to Sentosa Island, we really
enjoyed the view of Singapore city and the harbor from the
