Pengertian dan Contoh Teks Recount SMP
Recount
merupakan jenis teks yang melaporkan peristiwa, kejadian, atau kegiatan yang
menimpa seseorang, atau berupa pengalaman seseorang. Contohnya bisa berupa
diari ataupun biografi seseorang. Tujuan dari recount dalah untuk menceritakan
apa yang terjadi pada masa lampau sesuai
dengan urutan waktu. Struktur teks recount, yaitu:
1) Orientation: berisi tokoh/pelaku, tempat,
dan waktu.
2) Events: menceritakan apa yang terjadi di
masa lampau sesuai rangkaian kejadian/peristiwa.
Struktur
di atas merupakan struktur dasar dari teks recount yang umumnya di pakai.
Sedangkan untuk bentuk atau struktur teks recopunt yang berupa pengalaman
pribadi diri sendiri bisa berbentuk:
3) Evaluation: komentar dari si
penulis/pembicara mengenai pengalaman yang dia rasakan.
4) Re-orientaton: kesimpulan dari pengalaman
yang dirasakan.
Note: Teks
recount menggunakan PAST TENSE.
Contoh:
On Saturday night, we went to the Town Hall.
It was the last day of the year and a large crowed of people had gathered under
the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes time. Fifteen
minutes passed and the, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute
hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone
shouted, "It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!"
I looked at my watch. It was true. The
big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to
laugh and sing.
1. Which
idea can you find in the first paragraph?
A. Everybody's laughing and singing.
B. People're moving near the Town Hall.
C. The writer's going to Town Hall one day.
D. Someone's shouting at the owner of the
Town Hall.
2. When
did the clock stop?
B. At 11.55
C. At 12.00
D. At 12.02
3. Why
did the people gather under the Town Hall clock?
A. To welcome the New Year.
B. To see the newly bought clock.
C. To strike the laughing people.
D. To stop people who shouted.
4. What
does the first sentence tell you?
A. The opening of the story
B. The problem that the writer met.
C. The funny thing in the story.
D. .An introduction of the characters.
