PERSONAL RECOUNT

Last month, my friends and I went to Yogyakarta. We got there by a tourism bus. There were forty people in the bus. Since my house is located at the central city and near the road, the bus easily can park in front of the house. Therefore, my friends could park their vehicles in my house park. We left for Yogyakarta at 2 a.m.

We slept in the bus along the trip to the first destination, Sadranan Beach. At 5 a.m, we stopped to do the dawn prayer in the mosque. Then, we continued our trip. At around 6.30 a.m, we arrived at Sadranan Beach. The weather was little bit cloudy. It seemed the heavy rain fell down all night. There were puddles along the streets to the beach, yet It didn't change our mind to walk down to the beach. Subhanallah, it's a scenic beach. The wind blew gently. The waves were suitable for swimming. The foreshore covered by sands. I saw seagulls flew around the valley. I thought that we were the first one, but many people came first before us. We went snorkeling and rent the banana boat to enjoy the view. At 11 a.m, we continued our trip to the second destination, Kidz Fun. We arrived at 1 p.m. We prayed Dhuhr in the nearby mosque before entering the entrance of Kidz Fun. There are many kids games in this place. Gokart is the only adult game. After that, we had lunch in one of cafeterias. At 15.30 p.m, we decided to leave for Malioboro. We bought beautiful souvenirs, Gudeg, Bakpia pathuk, Yangko and many other things. Finally, about 7 p.m, we returned home. It was an incredible trip. I felt the joy vibe with friends and whole friends' families in the pandemic.

EXPLANATION

The text above tends to the personal recount. Personal recount text is a text which retells about the writer's past experience.

The generic structures of recount text:

1) Orientation is the very beginning paragraph which introduces the scene setting, what the event is, who involved in the story is, when the story happens, where the story takes a place and why it happens.

2) Sequences of event is the chronological order of the happened event.

3) Re-orientation is the last paragraph that contains the writer's conclusion/personal opinion.

The language features of recount text:

1) Using the past tense;

2) Using the action verbs;

3) Using temporal conjunction (after that, then, finally).

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Details

Grade: X

Subject: English

Category: Writing

Code: 10.5.8

Keywords: recount text, personal recount