Recount

Social Function:
To retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining


Earthquake

I was driving along the coast road when the car suddenly lurched to one side.

At first I thought a tyre had gone but then I saw telegraph poles collapsing like matchsticks.

The rock came tumbling across the road and I had to abandon the car.

When I got back to town, well, as I said, there wasn’t much left.

It was really a frightening experience.

Struktur teks:

* Pendahuluan (orientasi), yaitu memberikan informasi tentang apa, siapa, di mana dan kapan;
*  Laporan (rentetan) peristiwa, kegiatan yang terjadi, yang biasanya disampaikan secara berurut;
*  Komentar pribadi dan/atau ungkapan penilaian (jika ada


Ciri kebahasaan:

*  nouns dan pronouns sebagai kata ganti orang, hewan atau benda yang terlibat, misalnya David, the monkey, we dsb.
* action verbs atau kata kerja tindakan, misalnya go, sleep, run dsb.
*  past tense, misalnya We went to the zoo; She was happy dsb.
* conjunctions dan time connectives yang mengurutkan peristiwa, kejadian atau kegiatan, misalnya and, but, then, after that, dsb.
* adverbs dan adverb phrases untuk mengungkap tempat, waktu dan cara, misalnya yesterday, at my house, slowly dsb.
*  adjectives untuk menerangkan nouns, misalnya beautiful, funny, dsb

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