Recount Text

Agnes Krisara Ika Anggraini

Puti Aisya Tania Angellina
Contents
oWhat is recount text?
oWhat is the generic structure
of recount text?
oWhat is the features of
recount text?
oExample of Recount text
What is Recount Text?
 Recount text is a text that telling the
reader about past story, action or
activity. Its also used to describe about
someone autobiography.

The goal is to entertaining or informing

the reader.
What is the Generic Structure of Recount Text?
Generic structure of Recount Text
Orientationtells who was involved, what
happened, where the events took place, and when
it happened. With orientation, background
information answeringwho? when? where? why?

Eventstell what happened and in what

sequence.Events are identified and described in
chronological order.

Reorientationconsists of optional-closure of
events/ending, concluding comments express a
personal opinion regarding the events
described
 1. Orientation who, what, when,
where
2. Event
1
3. Event
2

4. Reorientation concludes
retelling
What is the language features
of recount text?
 in g la n g u a g e fe a tu re s :
1. Us
written in the past tens
e
o rd s which
frequen t
link events
u s e
in
is
ti
m
m
a
e
d
,
e
s u
o
c
f
h
w
a s n e x t, later,
a ft e r, b e fo re , f rs t, e tc .
when, then ,
, s o p le n ty of
recounts desc
use is m a d e o
ri
f
b
v
e
e
e
rb
v
s
e n
(a
ts
c ti o n w ords),
v e rb s (w h ic h d e s c ri b e or add
and of ad
more detail to verbs)
use of personal pronou
ns
Example of Recount Text