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RECOUNT TEXT

- CITRA AYU NISA -


ALL ABOUT RECOUNT TEXT

01 DEFINITION

02 PURPOSES

GENERIC STRUCTURE
03 - Orientation
- Events
- Reorientation .

04 LANGUAGE FUTURE
What is Recount Text?
A recount text is a text which tells about something that
happended in the past.

The details in a recount can include


- what happended
- who was involved
- where it took place
- when it happened
- why it occurred.
Purpose of Recount Text
The purose of a recount is to list and describe
past experiences by retelling events in the order
in which they happended.
Recount are written to retail events with the
purpose of either informing or entertaining their
audience (or both).
Kinds of Recount Text
Personal Recount
These usually reteel an
event that the writer was
personally involved in Factual Recount
Recording an incident, eg.
A sciene experiment,
police report

Imaginative recount
Writing an imaginary role
and giving details of events,
eg. A day in the life of
pirate; How I invented....
GENERIC STRUCTURES
EVENTS
Content Here Content Here

Events
A series of events, ordered
in a chronological
sequence.

ORIENTATION REORIENTATION

Orientation Reorientation
It gives the readers the background A personal comment about
information needed to understand the the event or what
text, such as who was involved, happened in the end.
where it happened, and when it
happened.
Characteristics / Language Feature

1 Using the simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense,
and past perfectcontinuous tense.

2 Using temporal sequence, e.g. On Saturday, On Monday, On


Sunday

3 Focus on specific participant, e.g. I (the writer).

4 Using the conjunctions, such as : then, before, after, etc.

5 Using action verb, e.g. Went, stayed.


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