Recount Text Definition, The Use and The Example

Recount Text

A recount is a piece of writing that tells event in a chronological sequence. Recounts tell the reader what happened. They retell a past event.

1. Text organization

Orientation      This part is present the background informantion on who, when and where of the event.
Event I
Event II
Event III
     The events are presented in chronological order.
Re-orientation
     The writer may provide an opinion of what has happened.

Communicative purpose
      To record an event happened in the past

Language feature
      Action verbs
      Adjectives
      Pronouns
      Adverbs
      Puctuation
      Past tense

Type or recount text
      Article
      Police report
      Newspaper reports
      Historical accounts
      Letters
      Journals
      Incident reports
      Diary entries

Example

Sticky Fingers

After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to market. It was still early when I return home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quite. I decided to make some tarts for tea. In a short time, I was busy exactly than moment, the telephone rang. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice. It was Mrs. Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the door knobs. Suddenly, the bell rang, very loudly. This time it was the postman. He wanted me to sign for a registered letter. What a mess!