Recount text

 

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Today, the blog is about recount text, do you guys know what recount text is? if you don't know, don't worry I will explain it a bit for you

so what is recount text?

Recount text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the readers. There is no complications among the participants and that differentiates from narrative text. A recount text has an orientation, a series of events in chronological order, personal remarks on the events, and a reorientation that “rounds off” the sequence of events.

Generic Structure of Recount Text

# Orientation : It gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text, such as who was involved, where it happened, and when it happened.
# Events : A series of events, ordered in a chronological sequence.
# Re-orientation :A personal comment about the event or what happened in the end.

Purpose of Recount Text

– To retell past experience

The Characteristics / Language Feature of Recount Text

– Using the simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, and past perfect continuous tense.
– Using temporal sequence, e.g. On Saturday. On Monday, On Sunday
– Focus on specific participant, e.g. I (the writer)
– Using the conjunctions, such as: then, before, after, etc.
– Using action verd, e.g. went, stayed

My Recount Text

 

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When writing the recount text you should:

1. Focus on individual people i.e. use the words, I or we, my group, my family etc.
2. Use words which indicate when (e.g. after lunch) and where the events took place (e.g. in the shed) 
3. Write in the past tense e.g. had, visited 
4. Use action words e.g. went, helped