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Recount Text

Recount Text

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English

9th - 12th Grade

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Hard

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Aditya Y

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Understanding Recount Text

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English Class with Mr. Aditya for Eleventh Grade

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Recount is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the audience

What is Recount Text?

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Text Structure

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

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EXAMPLE

The Title Exampl

• Using chronological connection; then, first, etc

• Using linking verb; was, were, saw, heard, etc

• Using action verb; look, go, change, etc

• Using simple past tense

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Language Features

LF of Recount Text

• Using chronological connection; then, first, etc

• Using linking verb; was, were, saw, heard, etc

• Using action verb; look, go, change, etc

• Using simple past tense!

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EXAMPLE : "Our trip to the Blue Mountain"

Orientation

On Friday we went to the Blue Mountains. We stayed at David and Della’s house. It has a big garden with lots of colourful flowers and a tennis court.

Events

On Saturday we saw the Three Sisters and went on the scenic railway. It was scary. Then, Mummy and I went shopping with Della. We went to some antique shops and I tried on some old hats.

On Sunday we went on the Scenic Skyway and it rocked. We saw cockatoos having a shower.

Reorientation

In the afternoon we went home.

Understanding Recount Text

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English Class with Mr. Aditya for Eleventh Grade

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