Recount Text

Purpose

• To tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events

Text Organization

Personal Recounts
• Orientation
(who / where involved in the story when and where)

• Events
(tell what happened in a chronological order)

• Evaluation
(comments of the writer/speaker about the experience)

• Re-orientation / Optional
(the conclusion of the experience)


Factual Recounts
• Orientation
(who / where involved in the story when and where)

• Events
(tell what happened in a chronological order)


Language Features

• The use of nouns and pronouns
(e.g.: David, We, His)

• The use of action verbs
(e.g.: Went, Spent, Played)

• The use of Past Tenses
(e.g.: We went for a trip to the zoo)

• The use of time conjunction
(e.g.: And, But, After, Finally)

• The use of adverbs and adverbs of phrases
(e.g.: In my house, todays ago slowly, cheerfully)

• Adjectives (beautiful, sunny)