What is a recount?

Recount writing is a style of writing that recalls an event or experience. They’re usually
based on the experience of the writer, and therefore, they’re most often told from the
first person, but this isn’t always the case - sometimes they’re told on behalf of someone
else.

A recount is also told in the past tense, because the event or experience has already
happened. For example, if you were describing an experience to a friend, it would make
sense to say “it was the best day ever” rather than “it’s the best day ever”

As well as this, recounts are usually told in chronological order. That means the events
are described in the order they happened. This helps the reader or listener to
understand what’s going on. To make this clearer, you can use adverbs like ‘firstly’,
‘next’, ‘then’ and ‘finally’ to signal the order of events to the reader.

To really bring the event or experience to life, it’s important to use descriptive language.
This means using adverbs and adjectives. If you’re struggling to think about how you
might describe an experience, think about how it affected the senses.