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    This document provides information about recount text. It defines a recount text as one that retells a past event or experience for the reader. There are three types of recounts: personal, factual, and imaginative. The structure of a recount includes an orientation, events in chronological order, and concluding comments. Details like time, place, participants are included. Factual recounts also describe the outcome. When writing a recount, use first person and past tense, chronological order, and descriptive details to make the experience come alive for the reader.

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    This document provides information about recount text. It defines a recount text as one that retells a past event or experience for the reader. There are three types of recounts: personal, factual, and imaginative. The structure of a recount includes an orientation, events in chronological order, and concluding comments. Details like time, place, participants are included. Factual recounts also describe the outcome. When writing a recount, use first person and past tense, chronological order, and descriptive details to make the experience come alive for the reader.

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    Everything About Recount Text: Nicolaas T.L Grade 8

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    EVERYTHIN G A BO U T

    RECOU NT T EX T
    NICOLAAS T.L GRADE 8
    WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF RECOUNT TEXT

    • RECOUNT TEXT IS A TEXT THAT TELLING THE READER ABOUT ONE STORY, ACTION OR ACTIVITY OR
    A TEXT WHICH RETELLS EVENT OR EXPERIENCES IN THE PAST.
    HOW MANY KIND OF RECOUNT TEXT
    • PERSONAL RECOUNT
     THESE USUALLY RETELL AN EVENT THAT THE WRITER WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN.

    • FACTUAL RECOUNT
     RECORDING AN INCIDENT, EG. A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT, POLICE REPORT.

    • IMAGINATIVE RECOUNT
     WRITING AN IMAGINARY ROLE AND GIVING DETAILS OF EVENTS, EG. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PIRATE; HOW I
    INVENTED...
    WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF RECOUNT TEXT
    • THE RECOUNT HAS A TITLE, WHICH USUALLY SUMMARISES THE TEXT
    • SPECIFIC PARTICIPANTS (MUM, THE CRAB)
    • THE BASIC RECOUNT CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS:
    • THE SETTING OR ORIENTATION - BACKGROUND INFORMATION ANSWERING  WHO? WHEN? WHERE? WHY? 
    • EVENTS ARE IDENTIFIED AND DESCRIBED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
    • CONCLUDING COMMENTS EXPRESS A PERSONAL OPINION REGARDING THE EVENTS DESCRIBED
    • DETAILS ARE SELECTED TO HELP THE READER RECONSTRUCT THE ACTIVITY OR INCIDENT (FACTUAL RECOUNT)
    • THE ENDING MAY DESCRIBE THE OUTCOME OF THE ACTIVITY, EG. IN A SCIENCE ACTIVITY (FACTUAL RECOUNT)
    • DETAILS OF TIME, PLACE AND INCIDENT NEED TO BE CLEARLY STATED, EG. AT 11.15 PM, BETWEEN REID RD AND HAVELOCK ST A MAN DROVE AT 140 KMS TOWARD THE SHOPPING
    CENTRE (FACTUAL RECOUNT)

    • DESCRIPTIVE DETAILS MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, EG. HE WAS A SKINNY BOY WITH A BLUE SHIRT, RED SNEAKERS AND LONG TIED BACK HAIR (FACTUAL RECOUNT)
    • INCLUDES PERSONAL THOUGHTS/REACTIONS (IMAGINATIVE RECOUNT)
    HOW TO CREATE RECOUNT TEXT
    • WRITE YOUR RECOUNT IN THE FIRST PERSON BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TO YOU! EG "I FELT EXCITED."
    • USE THE PAST TENSE BECAUSE IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. EG "IT WAS THE BIGGEST FISH I HAD EVER
    SEEN!"

    • RECOUNTS ARE WRITTEN IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY HAPPENED. THIS IS CALLED CHRONOLOGICAL
    ORDER. USE ADVERBS SUCH AS: FIRSTLY, NEXT, THEN AND FINALLY.

    • USING DESCRIPTIVE WORDS WILL MAKE IT SEEM LIKE YOUR READER IS THERE WITH YOU. EG "THE FISH
    WAS SHINY AND SLIPPERY." FOCUS ON THE MOST EXCITING PARTS.
    THANK YOU M Y GO D
    BL E S S Y O U
    NICOLAAS T.L GRADE 8

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