Untuk penggunaannya, recount text terdiri dari susunan atau struktur pada pembuatannya. Berikut polanya pada recount text.
Orientation atau pengenalan yaitu memberikan informasi tentang siapa, di mana, dan kapan peristiwa atau kegiatan itu terjadi di masa lampau.
Events merupakan rekaman peristiwa yang terjadi, yang biasanya disampaikan dalam urutan kronologis, seperti "In the first day, I ... . And in the next day ... . And In the last day ..." . Di bagian Events ini juga biasanya terdapat komentar pribadi tentang peristiwa atau kejadian yang diceritakan.
Pada bagian Reorientation, terdapat pengulangan pengenalan yang ada di Orientation, pengulangan yang merangkum rentetan peristiwa, kejadian atau kegiatan yang diceritakan.
Berikut ini contoh kalimat dalam bentuk recount text.
Vacation to the beach Anyer
Orientation
The last holiday, my family went to Anyer beach for a picnic, we leave in the morning, because of our house to the beach anyer took a 4 hour drive, so we can play and have fun there longer, we were off to the beach anyer
Events
After arriving at the beach anyer, we just took a walk because the beach is in front of the hotel. We walked along the seashore, played water and sand. Actually we also wanted to swim in the beach but the lifeguard didn’t allow us. Besides doing many activities we also watched some foreign tourist’s activities. They were lying on the beach, while others were having massage or surfing.
Reorientation
When we felt tired, we took a rest to have some meals and drinks, and at 5: 00 pm we came home his end, this is a memorable holiday, next time we will visit again.