Recount Text

1. RECOUNT TEXT
   
   Recount text is a text that is used to retell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.
   
   Social Function : To retell past event for the purpose of informing or entertaining.
   
   
   
   GENERIC STRUCTURE 
   
   v  ORIENTATION
   
   It’s about who was involved, what happened, where this event took place and when it happened.
   
   
   
   v  EVENT (S)
   
   It’s about what happened in chronological order.
   
   
   
   v  RE-ORIENTATION
   
   The conclusion of the experience.
   
   
   
   SIGNIFICANT GRAMMAR FEATURES
   
   
   
   ü  Focuses on individual participants.
   
   ü  Use of material process.
   
   ü  Circumstances of theme and places.
   
   ü  Use of the past tense.
   
   LANGUAGE FEATURES
   
   Ø  Use of past tenses
   
   (Ex: went, spent, played)
   
   Ø  Use of time conjunctions
   
   (Ex: and, but, after, then)
   
   Ø  Use of adverbs of time in the past
   
   (Ex: yesterday, last week, two days ago)
   
   Ø  Use of personal pronoun
   
   (Ex: I, we)