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5. The Purpose of Writing
The purposes of writing are so many. McGillick et al 1987: 2 state that the emphasis is on learning to write fairly extended pieces of English. We are
interested in helping students to express ideas, thoughts processes and feeling on paper; to organize those ideas, thoughts and feeling in writing. So, it is about
putting sentences together to make sense. The next idea of purpose of writing is given by McMahan et al 1996: 8:
a. To express the writer’s feeling
The writer wants to produce and express what he feels or thinks through the written form, as in a diary or a love letter. It is called expressive writing.
b. To entertain the readers
The writer intends to entertain the readers through the written form. The writer usually uses aesthetical material to entertain the readers. It is called literary
writing. c.
To inform the readers The writer intends to give information or explain something to the reader.
It is a kind of informative writing. d.
To persuade the readers The writer wants to persuade or convince the readers about his opinion or
concept or idea. It is called persuasive writing.
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6. Review on Recount and Narrative Text
a. Review on Recount Text
According to Pardiyono 2007: 63, recount is a text that retells about events or experiences happened in the past. The purposes of this text are to inform and to
entertain the readers. 1
Generic structure of recount text Recount text has orientation, events, and re-orientation as its generic structure.
Orientation that comes first gives information about what topic of an event, who participants, where place, and when time. Events which come next gives a
report about an event chronologically. It describes series of event that happened in the past. The last one is re-orientation. It maps the chronological order of the
events. It is actually an optional. It stars with personal comments of the writer to the story.
2 Language features of recount text
Common language features or grammatical patterns of a recount text are as follows:
a Use of nouns and pronouns to identify people, animals, or things
involved or to introduce personal participants b
Use of chronological connections such as conjunctions and time connectives to sequence the events
c Use of action verbs to refer to events
d Use of adjective to describe nouns
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e Use of linking verb, adverbs, and adverbial phrases to indicate
place and time f
Use of simple past tense to locate events in relation to speaker’s or writer’s time.
b. Review on Narrative Text
In narration, a writer tells the story of something that happened Langan, 2001: 167.
Narration is storytelling, whether we are relating a single story or several related ones. Through narration, we make a statement clear by relating in
detail something that has happened to us. In the story we tell, we present the details in the order in which they happened. A person might say for
example, “I was really embarrassed the day I took my driver’s test,” and then go on to develop that statement with an account of experience. If the
story sharply detailed, we will be able to see and understand just why the writer felt that way Langan, 2001: 195.
From the quotation, it is known that in narrative writing, there is something happened that is chronologically.
Shafiqah Adia said www.wordpress.comnarrative-text Narrative text is a kind of text to retell the story that past tense. The purpose of the text is to entertain
or to amuse the readers or listeners about the story. 1
The generic structure of Narrative text : a
Orientation: it set the scene and introduce the participants it answers the question: who, when, what, and where.
b Complication: tells the problems of the story and how the main
characters solve them. c
Resolution: the crisis is resolved, for better or worse.
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d Re-orientation: the ending of the story.
e Evaluation : the stepping back to evaluate the story or the moral
message of the story 2
Linguistic features : a
Use active verbs. b
Use past tense. c
Use conjunction. d
The first person I or We or the third person He, She, or They. e
Use specific nouns. f
Use adjective and adverbs 3
Kind of Narrative text : a
Legend: Sangkuriang, Malin Kundang, etc. b
Fable : Mousedeer and crocodile. c
Fairy tale : Cinderella, Snow white, Pinocchio, etc. d
Science fiction.
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