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A Recount text usually

contains stories in the form of
actions, activities, or experiences
the author has gone through. So, it

can be said that a recount text is a
text that retells an event or activity
that occurred in the past or has

been experienced by someone.
That means, the events told in the
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story was written. For example,

events that happened a day ago, a week ago, a month ago, or even a year
ago. These experiences can be experiences on holidays, birthdays, meeting

someone, doing activities, etc. The experience must be told sequentially
according to the text structure of the recount text because the order of the
events is very important.
The social function of recount text is to retell events or incidents or

experiences that occurred in the past to inform or entertain the reader.
Another aim is to reconstruct past experiences by retelling events in the
order in which they occurred.

In a text about recount text, it is often asked about the
social function or purpose of recount text. You can
answer it with:

 To share a unique or unusual experience about…
 To retell something unforgettable past event
about…
 To give information about…
 To make readers learn something about…

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