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)