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aApr
il
aWangka

XMI
PA1

1.Whati
srecountt
extmeans?

Recounttextistheoneoft extwhi
chtel
lthereaderaboutst
ory
,acti
on,oract
ivi
tywhichhappen
i
nthepast .Recounttextretel
l
sthepasteventi
ncludi
ngwhowasi nvol
ved,whathappened,
wheretheev enttookplaceandwhenithappened.

2.Whati
sthepur
poseofr
ecountt
ext
?

Recountai
msei t
herinf
ormingorenter
tai
ningtheiraudi
ence(
orboth)
.recountt
extistoli
stand
descri
bepastexper
iencesbyret
ell
i
ngev entsi
nt heorderi
nwhicht
heyhappened.Itret
ell
sthe
pastevent
.

3.Ment
iongener
icst
ruct
ureofr
ecountt
ext
!andexpl
aini
t!

t
hest
ruct
ureofr
ecountt
exti
s:

a.ori
entati
on: i
tisgiv
et heli
stenerorr
eaderi
nfor
mati
onaboutt
hesetti
ngofti
meandpl
ace
andthoseinv ol
vedintheevent.andtel
lswhowasinv
olved,
whathappened,
wheret
heev
ents
tookplace,andwheni thappened.

b.event
s:tel
lwhathappenedi
nchr
onol
ogi
cal
sequence.Aser
iesofev
ent
sor
der
edi
na
chronol
ogi
calsequence.

c.Reori
entat
ion(
opt
ional
):thespeaker
's/wri
ter'
sownviewoffeel
i
ngsoft
heev
ent
s.A
personalcommentabouttheeventorwhathappenedi
ntheend.

4.Ment
iont
hechar
act
eri
sti
csofr
ecountt
ext
?

a.f
ocusonspeci
fi
cpar
ti
cipant

b.usi
ngsi
mpl
epastt
ense,
pastcont
inuoust
ense,
pastper
fect

c.usi
ngchor
onol
ogi
cal
connect
ion,
suchasf
ir
st,
next
,andt
hen

d.usi
ngl
i
nki
ngv
erbandact
ionv
erb

e.usi
ngadv
erbs
f
.usi
ngt
empor
alsequence.

g.usi
ngt
heconj
unct
ions

5.Wr
it
eoneexampl
eofr
ecountt
ext
!

Vacat
iont
oTheBeach

Or
ient
ati
on:

Lastweek,Iandmyfr
iendswenttothebeachaf
terschool
.Weusedpubl
i
ctr
anspor
tat
ion.We
reachedt
hebeachat4p.meter.Thebeachwasbeautif
ulandcl
ean.

Ev
ent
s:

Atthebeach,i
twasf un.Wepl
ayedfootbal
li
nt hecoastli
ne.Af
tert
hat,
webui l
tacastl
efr
om
sand.I
nthenight,wemadebonfir
etogether
.Wer oastedfi
shesandsquit
esthenweatethem.
Inthemidni
ght,i
twast i
metoshareourscarystor
ies.Onebyone,wetoldourstor
y.

Reor
ient
ati
on:

Att
hemor
ning,
wewenthome.I
twasamomenti
nev
erf
orgot
.