Recount Text

Recount text  termasuk dalam sebuah kelompok narasi, sejenis dengan spoof dan narrative. Recount text fokus pada rangkaian kejadian, satu kejadian yang diikuti kejadian-kejadian lain. Umumnya, recount text disusun secara kronologi, baik berdasakan keterangan waktu maupun berdasarkan inti kejadian itu. Contoh recount text di bawah ini yang menceritakan pengalaman seseorang.

Bus was Flowing Right behind me

  I left tatopani yesterday and stayed a night at Sakhuwa of Gati VDC because a landslide near Baseri had blocked the road. The next morning, I hopped onto the bus with registration number Ba 2 Kha 4013 that was on the way to Barhabise from Tatopani.

  

  I took a seat by the doorside and remember that there were around 35 passengers, including me. The driver started the bus. A kilometre into the journey, I noticed a ditch on the road.

  The driver tried to avert the ditch. Before I could know what was going on, the bus started hurtling towards the Bhotekoshi. I had given up hope of surviving, but found a ventilator glass broken. I came out of the shattered glass and plunged into the Bhotekoshi.

  The river carried me for about 35 kilometres and left me on the shallow suface. I passed out after that. The rescuers took me to a hospital when I regained consciousness.

  I heard later that all except for passengers had survived. I have sustained injuries on the face, hands and other body parts. Nonetheless, I feel that surviving was my destiny.

Dalam teks di atas diceritakan secara kronologis kejadian-kejadian yang membuat si penulis hampir kehilangan nyawa. Mulai dari meninggalkan Tatopani dan bermalam di Sakhuwa. Kemudian si penulis duduk di samping pintu. Ia juga menceritakan si pengemudi yang mulai menjalankan bis, dan seterusnya hingga ia ditolong dan dibawa ke rumah sakit.

Recount text adalah jenis teks yang menceritakan kejadian atau pengalaman di masa lampau atau sudah berlalu sehingga tense yang digunakan dalam recount text adalah bentuk past tense.

Struktur umum dalam recount text adalah :

1. Orientation : Mengenalkan  para pelaku, tempat, dan waktu dalam teks.

2. Events        : Menggambarkan rangkaian kejadian yang sudah terjadi atau terjadi di masa lampau.

3. Reorientation : Merupakan sebuah pilihan (bisa ada bisa tidak) yang menyatakan pendapat pribadi si penulis cerita tersebut.

Orientation

   I left tatopani yesterday and stayed a night at Sakhuwa of Gati VDC because a landslide near Baseri had blocked the road. The next morning, I hopped onto the bus with registration number Ba 2 Kha 4013 that was on the way to Barhabise from Tatopani.

Events

   I took a seat by the doorside and remember that there were around 35 passengers, including me. The driver started the bus. A kilometre into the journey, I noticed a ditch on the road.

  The driver tried to avert the ditch. Before I could know what was going on, the bus started hurtling towards the Bhotekoshi. I had given up hope of surviving, but found a ventilator glass broken. I came out of the shattered glass and plunged into the Bhotekoshi.

  The river carried me for about 35 kilometres and left me on the shallow suface. I passed out after that. The rescuers took me to a hospital when I regained consciousness.

Re-orientation

I heard later that all except for passengers had survived. I have sustained injuries on the face, hands and other body parts. Nonetheless, I feel that surviving was my destiny.

Adapun ciri-ciri kebahasaan dari recount text adalah sebagai berikut :

• Menceritakan pelaku yang merupakan pelaku pribadi : I, my group, my family, dan lain-lain.
• Menggunakan hubungan kronologi : then (kemudian), first (awalnya), dan lain-lain.
• Menggunakan verb (kata kerja) dan to be past (lampau) : was, were, heard, dan lain-lain.