RECOUNT TEXT

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The Definition Of Recount Text
• Recount text is a text that is used to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining.

When writing recounts you should :
• Focus on individual people is use the words, I or we
• Use words which indicate when (eg after lunch) and where the events took places (eg in the shed)
• Write in the past tense eg had visited
• Use action words eg helped, crutched
Social function :
To retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining

Generic structure :
• Orientation : provides the setting and introduces participants
• Events : tell what happened, in what sequence
• Re- orientation : optional- closure of events

Significant lexicogrammatical features :
• Focus on specific participants
• Use of material processes
• Circumstances of time and place
• Focus on temporal sequence

example of recount text :


My day
I had a terrible day yesterday. First, I woke up an hour late because my alarm clock didn’t go off. Then, I was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I was making breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so quickly that I forgot to wear socks.
Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30 bus, but of course I missed it. I wanted to take a taxi, but I didn’t have enough money.
Finally, I walked the three miles to my school only to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never have a day as the one I had yesterday.