Recount Text

• Recount Text 

Recount text is the text to tell about something that happened in the past. The general structure of this text is:

❥ Orientation     : Tells who was involved, what happened, where the events took place, and when it    happened

❥ Events            : Tell what happened and in what sequence

❥ Reorientation : Consists of optional-closure of events/ending


Grammatical features of recount text:

❥ Using simple past tense

❥ Conjunction and time connectives

❥ Adverbs and adverbial phrase

❥ Action verbs

❥ Linking verbs


The form can be:

❥ Biography and Autobiography

❥ Newspaper and Television news

❥ Mail and Postcards

❥ Text Books

❥ Conversations with Friends

Description Text

• Description Text 

Description is about sensory experience how something looks, sounds, tastes. Mostly it is about visual experience, but description also deals with other kinds of perception. — Kane (2000: 352). Descriptive text is the text to describe someone, thing, or place (Be Spesific). The general structure of this text is:

★ Identification : contains about the identification of something

★ Description    : contains an explanation / description of something

Grammatical features of descriptive text:

★ Using simple present tense

★ Adjectives

★ Attribute verbs (am, is, are)

★ Topic sentences

Narrative Text

Essay Text is a written text that aims to explain something. There are 13 types of text included in the Essay Text. But I will explain 3 types of Essay Text that is Narrative Text, Descriptive Text, and Recount Text.

• Narrative Text 

Narrative text is a text that contains an imaginative or fairy tale that aims to entertain the reader and also to convey a moral message. The general structure of this text is:


✿ Orientation     : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are

✿ Complication : Where the problems in the story developed

✿ Resolution     : Where the problems in the story is solved

Grammatical features of narrative text:

✿ Using simple past tense

✿ Linking verbs

✿ Noun or pronoun

Explanation of Recount Text

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Explanation of Descriptive Text

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Explanation of Narrative Text

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Duty of Paragraph (1)

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The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year.

          Named for its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair.The tower stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-story building. Upon its completion, it surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930; however, due to the addition in 1957 of the antenna, the tower is now taller than the Chrysler Building. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France after the 2004 Millau Viaduct.

          The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend, by stairs or lift, to the first and second levels. The walk to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by elevator. Both the first and second levels feature restaurants.

          The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.

 Question!

1. What does the above text tell about?

2. Where The Eiffel Tower was constructed?

3. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

4. What is the height of Eiffel Tower?

5. What the type of text above?

Duty of Paragraph (2)

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Fox and A Cat

One day, a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a conceited creature, boasted how clever she was. “Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our mutual enemies, the dogs,” she said.

“I know only one trick to get away from dogs,” said the cat. “You should teach me some of yours!”.

“Well, maybe someday, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler ones”, replied the fox airily.

Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance. The barking grew louder and louder – the dogs were coming in their direction! At once the cat ran to the nearest tree and climbed into its branches, well out of reach of any dog. “This is the trick I told you about, the only one I know”, said the cat. “Which one of your hundred tricks are you going to use?”

The fox sat silently under the tree, wondering which trick she should use. Before she could make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox and tore her to pieces.

Question!

1. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

2. What the trick to get away from dogs?

3. Where the fox wondering which trick?

4. With whom the fox conversation?

5. What the type of text above?

Duty of Paragraph (3)

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My First Time In Yogyakarta

My family and I went to my grandmother’s house in Yogyakarta last month. It was my first trip to this city. We went there two days after my sister’s gradution ceremony in Semarang. We arrived at Yogyakarta at night. We spent a week staying in my grandmother’s house which is 5 minutes away by foot to Malioboro street.

In the first morning, we were still too tired after a long trip from Semarang to Yogyakarta. So we decided to stay at home to recharge our energy. I walk around the neighborhood with my sister just to experience how it is like to be in Yogyakarta. There were too many house, I think, which made the space between a house and the other was so small, even the road was also small that only bicycle and motorcycle can go through.

On the second day, all of us went to Malioboro street. We saw so many merchant with various of product which they claim to be a traditional product of Yogyakarta. I bought some wooden figurine and T-shirt with the word “Yogyakarta” printed on it, while my sister bought some leather handbag. My mom and dad were busy choosing some merchandise to be brought home when we go back.

On the third day, we went to Taman Sari and Keraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat to see some historical building in Yogyakarta. We took a lot of picture there. We also took some picture of the building so we can check it again at home. We found some place providing Yogya traditional food around the building and we jumped in right away.

We spent the rest of our week in Yogyakarta by visiting some Shopping Malls such as Jogja City Mall, Malioboro Mall, Hartono Mall and Ambarrukmo Plaza. We realized that Yogyakarta turned out to be very warm during the day, that was the reason why we decided to spend more time in air conditioned building like this.

 Question!

1. What the text above mainly discusses about?

2. When we go to Malioboro Street?

3. Where the place that visiting on the third day?

4. Why we decided to spend more time in air conditioned building?

5. The text is written in the form of?