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1. Summary

~ RECOUNT TEXT ~

The Definition: A recount text is a text that retells an event or activity
that occurred in the past or an experience that has been experienced

by someone.

The Social Function: To retell events or incidents or experiences
that occurred in the past to inform or entertain the reader.

The Text Structures: Orientation, Series of Events, Re-Orientation.

 Orientation: The opening part of the text or introduction which
contains the background of an event.
 Series of events: Part of the body of the text that contains a series

of sequential events experienced by the author or other people

sequentially.
 Re-Orientation: The concluding part of the text which contains

conclusions, messages, impressions, or the author's feelings
about the events experienced.

The Generic Structures:

 Simple past tense
 Using the adverb of time and using the adverb of sequences

 Using conjunction and using chronological connectors

 Using personal participant
 Using Linking Verb

Types of Recount Text:

 Personal recount: about the author’s experience.

 Factual recount: about events based on the fact.
 Imaginative recount: about a story that didn’t happen.
 Historical recount: about historical events in the past.

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