RECOUNT TEXT

"RECOUNT TEXT"

A. Pengertian Recount Text dan Contoh

➧Istilah recount berasal dari bahasa Prancis conter yang memiliki dua arti yaitu menghitung ulang dan menceritakan sebuah cerita: The word count comes from the old French conter, which means “add up” or “tell a story”.(vocabulary.com). Jadi jika kamu bingung karena mendengar recount digunakan sebagai istilah bahasa Inggris dalam penghitungan ulang suara pemilu, dan juga digunakan dalam pelajaran bahasa Inggris khususnya dalam genre of text, maka kamu tidak perlu bingung lagi. Karena istilah ini memang digunakan untuk kedua makna tersebut. Lalu untuk membedakannya? cukup lihat kontek atau tema pembicaraannya.

➧Recount Text adalah salah satu dari jenis teks bahasa Inggris yang menceritakan kembali kejadian-kejadian atau pengalaman-pengalaman di masa lampau. Tujuan dari Recount Text adalah untuk memberikan informasi atau untuk menghibur pembaca. Di dalam Recount Text tidak terdapat komplikasi (Complication) seperti halnya di Narrative Text.

B. Tujuan Recount text

Tujuan komunikatif dari recount text adalah untuk menceritakan pengalaman atau kejadian dan peristiwa yang terjadi pada masa lalu secara kronologis atau secara berurutan dengan tujuan untuk entertain atau menghibur pembaca atau pendengar. Dalam bahasa Inggris, tujuan recount text:

The purpose of a recount is to list and describe past experiences by retelling events in the order in which they happened (chronological order). Recounts are written to retell events with the purpose of either informing or entertaining their audience (or both)

C. Generic Structure Recount Text

1. Orientation
2. Pada bagian ini, penulis memulai cerita dengan mengenalkan latar belakang informasi yang menjawab, kapan, di mana kejadian atau peristiwa itu terjadi pada masa lampau.
3. Events
   Setelah menceritakan latar belakang atau identitas pelaku, setting tempat dan waktunya, pada bagian ini barulah penulis mulai menceritakan jalannya cerita secara urut atau kronologis.
4. Reorientation
   Generic structure dari recount text yang terakhir adalah reorientation, banyak yang menjelaskan bagian ini dengan rangkuman yang berisi pengulangan bagian orientation. Tapi bagi saya, bagian ini sebenarnya adalah bagian conclusion (kesimpulan) atau penutup yang mengekspresikan pendapat pribadi penulis tentang kejadian yang telah diceritakan. Misalnya cerita tentang liburan, maka penulis akan menyimpulkan kesan tentang liburannya dengan “what an exciting holiday! I will go there again someday“.

D. Ciri-ciri Recount Text

1. Memiliki judul yang merangkum teks.
2. Karena menceritakan peristiwa yang terjadi di masa lampau, maka recount text selalu menggunakan past tense. Last week, I went to Bali island with my family.
3. Karena berurutan (kronologis) sering menggunakan kata sambung yang menghubungkan peristiwa-peristiwa dalam waktu, seperti as next, later, when, then, after, before, first.
4. Menceritakan menggambarkan peristiwa, sehingga banyak digunakan terbuat dari verb (kata kerja), dan kata keterangan (yang menggambarkan secara lebih detail  bagaimana verb (kata kerja) dilakukan).

E. Contoh Recount Text dan Penjelasannya

Contoh 1: Vacation to Indrayanti Beach

Last weekend, after visiting my parent at Wonosari Gunungkidul, I and my family went to Indrayanti Beach to spend our holiday by our own car.

The way to get Indrayanti Beach is very zigzag and it’s very quiet in the middle of night. We almost got lost since we never go there before, but eventually we got there safely. We hardly got a room to stay overnight because it was long weekend so that we could not find a room easily.

We got up so early in the morning that we could enjoy sunrise landscape at the beach. My son was playing white sand with his sister while I took their picture.

A day at Indrayanti beach felt so short, we were quite tired for playing a whole day, but we were very happy.

Penjelasan:

• ➧Paragraf pertama: Orientation, pada  bagian ini penulis mencoba mengenalkan pelaku, tempat dan waktu peristiwanya.
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• ➧Paragraf kedua dan ketiga: Events, dua paragraf ini berisi event atau urutan kejadian dalam peristiwa perjalanan dan kegiatan pelaku (we) di pantai Indrayanti.
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• ➧Paragraf keempat: Reorientation, penulis mengakhiri cerita tentang perjalanan pelaku dengan membuat kesimpulan bahwa sekalipun pelaku lelah, tapi mereka merasa senang.

F. Contoh Soal Pilihan Ganda

Text 1

On Wednesday, my students and I went to Yogyakarta. We stayed at Dirgahayu Hotel which is not far from Malioboro.

On Thursday, we visited the temples in Prambanan. There are three big temples, the Brahmana, Syiwa and Wisnu temples. They are really amazing. We visited only Brahmana and Syiwa temples, because Wisnu temple is being renovated.

On Friday morning we went to Yogya Kraton. We spent about two hours there. We were lucky because we were led by a smart and friendly guide. Then we continued our journey to Borobudur. We arrived there at four p.m. At 5 p.m. we heard the announcement that Borobudur gate would be closed.

In the evening we left for Jakarta by wisata bus.

1. The text above mainly discusses about……..
a. the writer’s trip to Yogyakarta
b. the writer’s first visit to Prambanan
c. the writer’s impression about the guide
d. the writer’s experience at Yogya Kraton

2. The text is written in the form of a/an………
a. recount
b. narrative
c. report
d. anecdote

3. The purpose of the text is to……….
a. tell past events
b. entertain readers
c. describe the smugglers
d. report an event to the police

4. What are the big temples in Prambanan?
a. angkor wat, syiwa, and sudra temples
b. paria, brahmana, and temples
c. brahmana, syiwa, and wisnu temples
d. wisnu, syiwa, and borobudur temples

5. When did they go home?
a. On Saturday morning
b. On Friday evening
c. On Thursday evening
d. On Friday afternoon

6. Why did they only visit Brahmana and Syiwa temples?
a. because there was no wisnu temple
b. because wisnu temple was amazing
c. because wisnu temple was too small
d. because wisnu temple was being repaired

Text 2

The police thought that two burglars started the robbery at 151 Pattimura street on Sunday afternoon. The burglars broke into the students’ room while they were going to a football game. They never thought that while they were away, burglars would break into their boarding house.

7. The communicative purpose of this text is………
a. to retell events for the purpose of informing
b. to present perspective points about an issue
c. to describe the way they are
d. to acknowledge readers about informative events

8. The text is in form of a/an………
a. description
b. report
c. anecdote
d. recount

9. Where did the robbery take place?
a. at 151 Pattimura street
b. at 151 Gajahmada street
c. at 161 Pattimura street
d. at 212 Sisingamangaraja street

10. When did the robbery happen?
a. Sunday morning
b. Sunday afternoon
c. Saturday morning
d. Saturday afternoon

Kunci Jawaban

1.  A
2.  A
3.  A
4.  C
5.  B
6.  D
7.  A
8.  B
9.  D
10. B

G. CONTOH SOAL RECOUNT ESSAY

Sunday The Terrible

  Last week was a terrible day for me. My cousin and I were playing football infront of the house to spend time with us .

   First, it was really fun until I kicked the ball too strong, so the ball leaded me to the window and broke the windo. When we want to escape, all of a sudden we all heard a loud voice. After that, the owner of the house came out of the fence, he yelled at us. We are very afraid of her, but we do not know what to do. Then, one of my cousins told us to run, we all ran, and suddenly we heard the sound of skin. Then we know that homeowners allow dogs to chase us. And we were struggling to run as fast as her as we can.

  But, I fell down so the dog managed to capture me and bit my leg. It really hurts me. Then the dog ran back into the house. My cousin took me to the doctor and told my parents . In the end, the doctor said that I was exposed to rabies. Then I was hospitalized for one week more.

  That's a terrible day of the week for me, may not happen to me again in his next week Sunday.

Berikut ini adalah Soal Essay dari teks Recount diatas.

1. What is the title of the story above ?
2. When was happening?
3. Why last week was a terrible day for the author?
4. Who is shouting?
5. What is said to be the cousin of the author?
6. Who is pursuing the author and his friends when run?
7. What happens when a dog chasing a homeowner?
8. Who brought author to the doctor?
9. What the doctor said at author?
10. How long author hospitalized?

Dan ini adalah Jawaban dari soal recount text diatas.

1. Sunday The Terrible
2. Last Week
3. For kicking the ball too strong, so that the ball is kicked into the window and broke the window.
4. The owner of the house
5. To run
6. dog pawnbroker
7. The dog caught, and biting the author.
8. Cousin
9. The doctors say that the author is exposed to rabies
10. Week

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