RECOUNT TEXT
a. Definition:
Recount Text is a text which retells events or experience in the past. Its Purpose is
either to inform or to entertain the readers.
b. Social Function:
To retell events for the purpose of forming to tell the author's story.
c. Type:
1. Personal Recount
They usually retell an event that the writer was involved in.
2. Factual Recount
Recording an incident from a science experiment, police report.
3. Imaginative Recount
Writing an imaginary role and giving details of events. A day of pirate.
d. Generic Structure:
1. Orientation
Introduction: the participants, place, and time.
2. Events
Describing the series of the writer to the story.
3. Reorientation
Stating personal comments of the writer to the story.
e. Language Features:
1. Using simple past tense
2. Using action verb
3. Using chronological connection
4. Using personal pronouns
a. Definition:
Recount Text is a text which retells events or experience in the past. Its Purpose is
either to inform or to entertain the readers.
b. Social Function:
To retell events for the purpose of forming to tell the author's story.
c. Type:
1. Personal Recount
They usually retell an event that the writer was involved in.
2. Factual Recount
Recording an incident from a science experiment, police report.
3. Imaginative Recount
Writing an imaginary role and giving details of events. A day of pirate.
d. Generic Structure:
1. Orientation
Introduction: the participants, place, and time.
2. Events
Describing the series of the writer to the story.
3. Reorientation
Stating personal comments of the writer to the story.
e. Language Features:
1. Using simple past tense
2. Using action verb
3. Using chronological connection
4. Using personal pronouns
