Recount Text

Recount Text

Purpose of Recount text is to retell the past event/experience and usually arranged systematically and sequentially.

Generic Structure in the Recount Text :

1.      Orientation (introducing who/what/when/where)

Events taking place, the time the event occurred, and who was involved in the incident.

2.      Series of Event

Sequence of events or happenings.

3.      Re-orientation (personal comment)

Summary or conclusion from a whole story

4.      Language Features

a)      Past Tense

b)      Past Continuous Tense

c)      Past Passive Voice

d)      Proper noun

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