Contoh RECOUNTS
Picasso was one of the most outstanding and important artists of the 1900’s. he is best known for his paintings. Almost every style in modern art is represented in Picasso’s works. Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain as the son of art teacher. He studied painting with his father and also in Madrid. From about 1895 to 1901 he painted realistic works in a traditional style. Then he entered what was called the Blue Period. During this time he only used shades of blue in his paintings to show poverty he saw in Barcelona. After 1907, he entered into the style of cubism. Among his well-known cubist paintings are “The man with a guitar” which depict the destruction of a Spanish town. Picasso died in France in 1973.
RECOUNTS
Purpose To tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.
Text Organization Personal Recounts:
•Orientation
(who were involved in the story, when, and where)
•Events
(tell what happened in a chronological order)
•Evaluation
(comments of the writer/speaker about experience)
•Re-orientation (optional)
(the conclusion of the experience)
Factual Recounts:
•Orientation
(who were involved in the story, when, end where)
•Events
(tell what happened in a chronological order)
•The use of nouns and pronouns
(e.g.: David, we, his)
•The use of action verbs
(e.g.: went, spent, played)
•The use of past tenses
(e.g.: We went for a trip to the zoo)
•The use of time conjunctions
(e.g.: and, but, after, finally)
•The use of adverbs and adverbs of phrases
(e.g.: in my house, two days ago, slowly, cheerfully)
•Adjectives (beautiful, sunny)
Contoh NARRATIVES
Bandung Bondowoso and Roro Jonggrang
Once, there was a beautiful Javanese princess whose name was Roro Jonggrang. Roro Jonggrang whose beauty was very famous in the land was the daughter of Prabu Baka, an evil king.
One day, a handsome young man with super natural power, named Bandung Bondowoso, defeated and killed Prabu Baka. On seeing Princes Roro Jonggrang’s beauty, Bandung Bondowoso fell in love and wanted to marry her.
Meanwhile, Princess Roro Jonggrang felt sad due to the death of her father. She did not want to marry Bandung because he had killed her father. But she was also afraid of Bandung. So to refuse politely, she made a condition. “I will marry you but you have to build one thousand teples in one night as a wedding gift.” Requested Roro Jonggrang. Bandung agreed with this condition.
Helped by the spirits of demons, Bandung Bondowoso started building the temples. Approaching midnight, the work was nearly done. Roro Jonggrang knew and thought, “What shall I do? Bandung is smarter than me. I will lose against Bandung.”
Suddenly she got an idea. She woke up all the women in the palace and ordered them to make the noisy sounds of grinding rice so that the roosters would think it had already dawn.
Bandung Bondowoso got frustrated because he failed to complete the thousandth temple. “The princess has deceived me!” Following his anger, he cursed Roro Jonggrang, “You have cheated me. Now, the thousandth temple is you!”
At once, the princess turned into a statue. Knowing this, Bandung Bondowoso regretted this and he went away into a far land. From then, people called the temple Prambanan Temple and the princess statue, Roro Jonggrang statue.
NARRATIVES
Purpose To amuse or entertain the readers with actual or imaginary experiences in difference ways. Narratives always deal with some problems which lead to the climax and then turn into a solution to the problem.
•Orientation
(who were involved in the story, when and where)
•Complication
(a problem arises followed by other problems)
•Resolution
(solution to the problem)
•The use of noun phrases
(a beautiful princess, a huge temple)
•The use of connectives
(first, before that, then, finally)
•The use of adverbial phrases of time and place (in the garden, two days ago)
•The use of simple past tense
(He walked away from the village)
•The use of action verbs
(walk, sleep, wake up)
•The use of saying verbs
(say, tell, ask)
•The use of thinking verbs, feeling verbs, verbs of senses
(She felt hungry, she thought she was clever, she smelt something burning)
Fairy tales, fables, myths, tall tales belong to narratives.
Contoh PROCEDURE
Making Crispy Fried Chicken
Prepare ½ of a chicken that has been cut into small pieces (5 pieces), wash well, and shake gently to remove excess water.
1.Pour a packet of flour seasoning to season the chicken pieces.
2.Dip chicken pieces that have been seasoned with flour seasoning into water (icy cold water is best).
3.Lift chicken pieces from the water and season once again with flour seasoning white kneading the chicken pieces
4.Soak the seasoned chicken pieces in hot oil and fry until tender. Serve hot.
PROCEDURE
Purpose To help us do a task or make something. They can be a set of instructions or directions.
•Goal
(the final purpose of doing the instructions)
•Materials
(ingredients, utensils, equipment to do the instructions)
•Steps
(a set of instructions to achieve the final purpose)
•Use of imperatives
e.g.: (cut, don’t mix)
•Use of action verbs
e.g.: (turn, put, mix)
•Use of connectives
e.g.: (first, then, finally,…)
•Use of adverbial phrases
e.g.: (for five minutes, 2 centimeters from the top)
Contoh DESCRIPTION
Debby Putti is a model from Surabaya. Now she is a student of State Senior High School 71 Surabaya. Debby is the first daughter of Mr. Fajar Putti and Mrs. Ana Karaeng. Debby became a famous model when she won the competition of Teenage Model 2005 and YTV Jrang-Jreng 2004.
Debby is brown-skinned. She is 17 years old. Debby has wavy, short, black hair, a pointed nose and rather big ears. Her face is oval and her cheeks are dimpled when she smiles.
Debby is an attractive girl in her blue jeans. She likes wearing a cotton jacket and a T-shirt. She always wants to feel relaxed. She is neat and well dressed.
Debby is a cheerful and friendly girl. Everybody likes her because she is a humorous and creative girl. She gets on well with other people and she never forces her opinions on others. But sometimes Debby is short-tempered when she loses her personal things.
Her hobbies are cooking Japanese food, shopping and singing. Debby has a beautiful voice and her favorite singer is Kris Dayanti.
DESCRIPTION
Purpose To describe a particular person/thing
•Identification
(mention the name, occupation, profession and career
•Description
(mention the physical features, the way he/she dresses and his/her personality)
•The use of adjectives and compound adjectives.
e.g.: - Debby is brown-skinned
- Debby looks attractive and beautiful.
•The use of linking verb
e.g.: - She always appears young.
- Debby is a model from Surabaya.
•The use of attributive has and have.
