Recount text

Recount text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. The purpose of recount text is to tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.

Generic structures of recount text:
1. Orientation (it gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text such as who was involved in the story, where it happened, and when it happened)
2. Events (a series of events, ordered in chronological sequence)
3. Re-orientation (restates the writer’s opinion or personal comment of the writer on the incident and the conclusion of the experience)

Language features of recount text:
• The use of nouns and pronouns………..……(e.g.: David, we, his)
• Action verbs……………………………............(e.g.: went, spent, and played)
• Past tenses…………………………………..…(e.g.: We went for a trip to the zoo)
• Time conjunctions………………….………….(e.g.: and, but, after, finally)
• Adverbs and adverbs phrases……..…………(e.g.: in my house, two days ago, slowly, carefully)
• Adjectives…………………………………..…. (beautiful, sunny)