1. Social Function & Definition
A Recount Text is a text that retells events, experiences, or historical occurrences that happened in the past in chronological order (urutan waktu berurutan).
Figure 4.1: Social function and structure of recount writing.
2. Generic Structure
[1. ORIENTATION] ──> Who was involved, where it happened, and when it occurred.
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[2. EVENTS (Chronological)] ──> Event 1 ──> Event 2 ──> Event 3 (Series of past actions)
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[3. RE-ORIENTATION (Optional)] ──> Personal comment, summary conclusion, or feeling.
3. Simple Past Tense (Verb 2) Rules
Regular Verbs: install → installed, configure → configured, connect → connected
Irregular Verbs: go → went, buy → bought, make → made, see → saw, build → built
Irregular Verbs: go → went, buy → bought, make → made, see → saw, build → built
🎯 Learning Takeaways:
- Ensure all action verbs in the Events section are written in Past Tense (Verb 2).
- Utilize chronological transition words like First, Afterwards, Meanwhile, Finally to guide the reader through the timeline.