Recount text

Recount Text

a text that telling the reader about

one story, action or activity.
 Generic Structure of Recount
text
Orientation tells who was involved, what
happened, where the events took place,
and when it happened. 
Events tell what happened and in what
sequence. 
Reorientation consists of optional-closure
of events/ending.
 Language features of Recount Text
o Using simple past tense
o Using action verb: started, went, changed,
etc
o Using chronological connection: then, first,
after, before, at last,etc
o Using linking verb: was, were, saw, heard,
etc
 SIMPLE PAST TENSE

• Simple past tense verbal (using “verb”)

(+) Subject +V2+Object/complement
(-) Subject + did not (didn’t) + V1+Object/complement
(?) Did + Subject + V1+ Object/complement?

• Simple past tense non verbal (nominal/without

“verb”)
(+) Subject + was/were + adjective
(-) Subject + was/were+ not + adjective
(?) Was/were+ Subject + + adjective?
 Kind of Recount texts

 Historical recount text

 Experience recount text
 Biographical recount text
Historical recount text