Recount text

Recount text is a text that is used to retell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.

Social Function : To retell past event for the purpose of informing or entertaining.

GENERIC STRUCTURE
v ORIENTATION
It’s about who was involved, what happened, where this event took place and when it happened.

v EVENT (S)
It’s about what happened in chronological order.

v RE-ORIENTATION
The conclusion of the experience.

SIGNIFICANT GRAMMAR FEATURES

ü Focuses on individual participants.
ü Use of material process.
ü Circumstances of theme and places.
ü Use of the past tense.
LANGUAGE FEATURES
Ø Use of past tenses
(Ex: went, spent, played)
Ø Use of time conjunctions
(Ex: and, but, after, then)
Ø Use of adverbs of time in the past
(Ex: yesterday, last week, two days ago)
Ø Use of personal pronoun
(Ex: I, we)

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