recount text

Recount text

Definition

• •Recount text is a text that telling the reader about one story, action or activity. Its purpose is to entertain or informing the reader. Or a text which retells event or experiences in the past.

The Characteristics / Language Feature of Recount Text:1.

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

  2.frequent use is made of words which link events in time, such as next, later, when, then, after, before, first, at the same time, as soon as she left, late on Friday, On Saturday. On Monday, On Sunday).

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

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

  5.Using an action verb, e.g. went, stayed

  6.the passive voice may be used, eg. the bottle was filled with ink (Factual Recount).

example

• Came Late to school Last Wednesday , I came late to my school because I played play station until 2.00 am in the night. Because that I woke up late. I woke up about 6.30 am and the class would be began at 7.00 am. I ran to bathroom to take a bath. I usually had a breakfast after took a bath, but in that day I did not do that. I always went to school by my motor cycle. But in that day, I forgot where I put the key. So, I went to the school by public transportion . It made me took a longer time. I arrived at school at 7.15 am, I ran to my class but I saw my teacher has stood in front of the class to teach. I entered to my class and of course my teacher was angry to me because I came late . It was my bad experience and I hoped I would not do that again

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