Recount text retells past events or experiences to inform or entertain an audience. It has a generic structure that includes an orientation introducing participants, place and time. The main part describes a series of past events. It can optionally include a reorientation with the writer's personal comments. Language features include using pronouns to introduce participants and verbs in the simple past tense to describe actions.

1. RECOUNT TEXT

2. WHAT IS RECOUNT
TEXT?
Recount text is a text which retells
events or experience in the past.
The purpose is to inform or to
entertain the audience.

3. Generic structure of recount text
1. Orientation : Introducing the participants, place
and time.
2. Events: Describing series of event that happened
in the past.
3. Reorientation: It is optional. Stating personal
comment of the writer to the story.

4. Language Feature of recount
• introducing personal participant; I, my friend,etc
• using linking verb; was, were,etc
• using action verb; read, hit, etc
• using simple past; saw, went, etc