Recount

RECOUNT TEXT

DEFINITION AND EXAMPLE

Definition:

It is a text that retell past events, usually in the order in which they happened

Social Function:

To retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining

Generic Structure of a recount text:

·         Orientation: provides the setting and introduces participants.

·         Events: tell what happened, in what sequence.

·         Re-orientation: optional-closure of events.

Significant Lexicogrammatical features:

·         Focus on specific participants

·         Use of material processes

·         Circumstances of time and place

·         Use of past tense

·         Focus on temporal sequence.

EXAMPLE