This document provides information about recount texts, including their communicative purpose of retelling past events factually to inform or entertain. It outlines the typical structure of recount texts with an orientation, sequence of events, and optional conclusion. Grammatical features commonly used in recounts are identified, such as past tense verbs, time connectives, pronouns, and simple sentences. An example recount text is also included to illustrate these elements.

1. RECOUNT TEXT

2. ▪ Communicative Purpose
To provide factual info / to give someone an account of event
happened in the past.
To retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining

3. ▪ Types of Recount Text
- article
- police report
- news item
- historical accounts
- letters
- journals
- incident reports

4. ▪ Text Organization
1. Orientation (setting, character)
2.Events / sequence of events (tell what
happened, in what sequence)
3.Re-orientation / Conclusion (optional
closure of events)

5. Grammatical Features:
- Action Verb (e.g. helped, walked)
- Adjective
Connections to do with time and sequence (e.g. after
that, before, then)
- Pronouns
- Punctuation
- Simple past tense
- Adverbs
- Compound and complex sentences

6. Example:
I was driving along the coast road when the car suddenly
lurched to one side.
At first, I thought a tyre had gone but then I saw telegraph poles
collapsing like matchsticks. The rocks came tumbling across the
road and I had to abandon the car.
When I got back to town, well, as I said there wasn’t much left.