Recount, Explanation in Indonesian version

RECOUNT

Jenis teks ini biasanya berupa berbagai teks yang menceritakan
peristiwa dimasa lampau misalnya:

- kisah pengalaman menarik, diary, peristiwa bersejarah, surat pribadi, biografi, autobiografi, laporan kegiatan harian.

Apabila teks tersebut berisi peristiwa bersejarah, maka bisa dikelompokkan dalam historical/personal recount. Teks ini misalnya the story of Pangeran Diponegoro, RA Kartini, dll.

Sedangkan bila teks tersebut berisi kegiatan / pengalaman pribadi atau laporan kegiatan di waktu lampau, maka bisa dikelompokkan dalam factual recount.

Communicative purpose / tujuan komunikatif teks

fungsi atau tujuan dari teks recount adalah

- untuk menceritakan kembali sebuah peristiwa, kejadian dengan tujuan menghibur atau menginformasikan.
( to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining)

Generic Structure / susunan penulisan teks

* orientation * pada bagian ini pembaca / pendengar dikenalkan pada hal-hal yang
terkait dengan setting cerita, setting tempat maupun waktu dan juga

pengenalan tokoh

* series of events* deskripsi peristiwa yang terjadi yang disusun sesuai urutan kejadian
event 1 - event 2 - event 3 - …….dst.

* re-orientation * boleh ada boleh tidak ada (optional) merupakan bagian rangkuman
ceritasekilas.

Perbedaannya Narrative dan Recount adalah

- Teks narrative biasanya menceritakan hal yang mungkin bersifat hayalan atau legenda. Dan juga terdapat alur cerita yang pelik.

- Teks recount menceritakan sebuah fakta atau kejadian nyata dan hanya menceritakan sesuai urutan peristiwa / kronologi.

Language features / ciri-ciri kebahasaan

* specific participant :

tokoh yang ada dalam cerita adalah bersifat tertentu, tidak bersifat umum misalnya :

RA Kartini, My friend, roni dll.

* penggunaan adjective (kata sifat)

untuk memperjelas noun (kata benda) misalnya : a beautiful house, a nice experience, dll.

* memakai pola kalimat simple past tense
pola kalimat yang digunakan adalah simple past karena menceritakan peristiwa yang . terjadi diwaktu lampau

* time conjunction / penghubung waktu
untuk menghubungkan alur satu dengan yang lain menjadi runut dan mudah diikuti.
conjunction yang sering dipakai adalah : when, then, suddenly, next dll.

* action verbs terdapat kata kerja yang menunjukkan sebuah kegiatan (aktivitasnya bisa dilihat)

misalnya : run, sleep, walk, cut dll.

Example of recount text

RA Kartini

Every April 21, people in Indonesia commemorate the Kartini day. It is a beautiful day for the woman because we celebrate the birth of great lady, RA. Kartini. Everyone knows who Kartini is. She is our national heroine and a great lady with the bright idea.
Kartini was born in 1879, April 21 in Mayong Jepara. Her father was RMAA. Sosroningrat,Wedana (assistant of head of regency) in Mayong. Her mother, MA Ngasirah was a girl from Teluk Awur village in Jepara. As the daughter of a noble family, she felt luck because she got more than the ordinary people got. She got better education than other children. She did anything she wants although it was forbidden. She passed her childhood with her brother and sister. Because she was very energetic, her father called her "trinil".
Then her father was chosen as Bupati (the head of regency) in Jepara. She and her family then moved from Mayong to Jepara. In the same year, Kartini's second sister RA Kardinah was born. The environment in Jepara gave her big chance to develop her idea. She could study at the Dutch owned school where only children from noble family could study here. Few years after finishing her study, RA. Kartini was willing to continue her study in higher level. But the custom of that day forbid a woman to go to school. A tradition of that time, a teenage girl should be secluded and limited her activity. So was Kartini. She was secluded inside the house and forbidden to go out until a man proposed her. The rule could restrict her body but not her mind. During her "pingitan" time, she spent her time by reading book which she got from her relatives. Although she was not able to continue her study to higher level, she was smart had a bright idea. She got the knowledge from the books she read. To express her idea, she established a school for local people on the backyard of Jepara city hall.
In November 12,1903, she married Adipati Djoyodiningrat, the head of Rembang regency. According to Javanese tradition Kartini had to follow her husband. Then she moved to Rembang. In September 13, 1904 she gave a birth to her son. His name was Singgih. But after giving birth to a son, her condition was getting worse and she finally passed away on September 17, 1904 on her 25 years old.
Now Kartini has gone. But her spirit and dream will always be in our heart. Nowadays Indonesian women progress is influenced by Kartini's spirit stated on collection of letter "Habis gelap terbitlah terang" from the dusk to the dawn.