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The document discusses recount text, which retells past events chronologically, and provides an example of a historical recount about Bandung Sea of Fire in 1946 where 200,000 residents burned their homes within seven hours.

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Recount Text

The document discusses recount text, which retells past events chronologically, and provides an example of a historical recount about Bandung Sea of Fire in 1946 where 200,000 residents burned their homes within seven hours.

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endahsantika63
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Recount Text

Recount text is used to rettel past events, usually a chronological order.

The purpose of a recount text is to describe what occurred and when.

What is historical recount?

Historical recount is a text that used to explain and retell factual events in the past that has
historical values.

Social function of recount: to inform the readers or audiences on historical events.

Structure:

1. Orientation : consist set the scene for the audiences by providing background
information.
2. Sequences of events/ series of events: presented in chronological orders a written in
detail
3. Re-orientation: used to summarize/evaluate/restart the events.

Language features

There are some language features that you might find in historical recount:

1. Past tense (these word describe what people have done)


2. Adjectives (these word describe objects)
3. Adverbial phrases (these phrase tell what,when,where,why and how)
4. Time connective (first,second,etc)
5. Evaluation word (these word assesthe significant of something)

Example of historical recount text

Bandung Sea of Fire

Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of Bandung on March 24, 1946.
Within seven hours, about 200,000 residents of Bandung burned their homes.

British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in Bandung on October 12, 1945.
Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI and local people. There were black smoke
billowing high into the air everywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The
greatest battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung, where there
were a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In this battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia
destroyed the ammunition depot.

The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the power of TRI and people’s militia
was not comparable to the British forces and NICA. This incident inspired to create the
famous song “Halo Halo Bandung”. To remember what they did and struggled, they built the
Bandung Lautan Api monument.

Answer the questions based on the text!

1. What is the text about?


2. Where did the Bandung as Sea of Fire?
3. What is the social function of the text?
4. What can we learn from the text?
5. How was the Bandung as Sea of Fire?

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