Recount Text

Purpose             : to tell/retell past events/experiences for the purpose of informing or entertaining

Structure text :

·         Orientation → to give information about what, who, where, and when.

·         Events →

·         Reorientation → personal comment

Language features:              

Ø  Focus on individual participants

Ø  Use of past tense

Ø  Focus on a temporal sequence of events

Ø  Use of material (or action) clauses

Ø  Nouns and pronouns

Ø  Action verbs, as go, sleep, run, etc.

Ø  Past tense, as we went to the zoo, we was happy, etc.

Ø  Conjuctions and time connectives

Ø  Adverbs and adverb phrases to tell place, time, and way, as yesterday, at my house, etc

Ø  Adjectives to tell nouns, as beautiful, funny, etc