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    Teks Recount bercerita tentang kejadian/ peristiwa yang telah berlalu/ lampau. Biasanya lebih fokus pada pengalaman lampau seseorang / penulisnya sehingga sering menggunakan subjek “I” dan “We”.
    Stuktur teks recount terdiri dari 3 bagian, yaitu :
1. Orientation ( orientasi) : berisi pendahuluan tentang tokoh yang ada dalam cerita tersebut , apa yang terjadi , di mana dan kapan peristiwa itu terjadi.
2. Events : berisi jalinan peristiwa / kejadian yang ada dalam cerita pengalaman tersebut. Biasanya terdiri dari beberapa event/ peristiwa.
3. Re-orientation : berisi tentang rangkuman / penutup cerita.
    Karakteristik teks recount :
1. Menggunakan past tense
2. Menggunakan kata hubung (conjunctions), misalnya : then, before, after, dll.

Example :

Hi, Im Jedi. I have a twin sister, named Jada. We were born on August 5, 1992. We are in eighth grade now. Jada and I do everything together. We are in the same class. We dress a like. We look the same. We always get other people confused. This really makes Jada and I laugh. Teachers and friends always get us mixed up at school. Even our father has troubles telling us apart. Our mother doesn’t . She always knows which twin is which. Jada and I often try to confuse her, but it has never happened.
One day, our teacher told our mother to get one of use a different haircut so that he could tell us apart. Jada and I were horrified. We didn’t want to look different. We liked looking the same.
Our mother came to the rescue, and refushed to make us cut our hair. We were happy just the way we were and didn’t want to change. Our dad just shook his head. He would have to stay confused. Jada and I didn’t care.
We knew which one was which, and that was all that mattered.