22 FEBRUARY 2021

Recount text
Definition of recount
text

Recount text is a text which retells

event or experiences in the past.
Structure of
recount text

there are three structure of recount text

Orientation : It gives the readers

the background information Re-orientation :A personal comment
Events : A series of events, ordered in a
needed to understand the text, about the event or what happened in
chronological sequence.
such as who was involved, where the end.
it happened, and when it
happened.
Language feature of
recount text
1. Using the simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense,
and past perfect continuous tense.

2. Using temporal sequence, e.g. On Saturday. On Monday, On Sunday

3. Focus on specific participant, e.g. I (the writer)

4. Using the conjunctions, such as: then, before, after, etc.

5. Using action verd, e.g. went, stayed

 Personal Recount

Personal recount is text to retell an activities that the

writer has been personally involved in.

3 types of
Factual Recount

reporting the particulars of an incident by

recount text reconstructing factual information e.g. police

reconstruction of an accident, biographical and
autobiographical.

Imaginative Recount

Imaginative recount is applying factual knowledge to an

Darewianka, 1995 imaginary role in order to interpret and recount events
narrative text
Definition of narrative
text

A narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain

people. There are many types of narrative such as
legend, fairytale, myth, fable, and etc.
Structure of narrative
text
There are four structure for narrative text
Orientation
Orientation is the opening
paragraph of the text which
introduces who the characters are
involved in the incident (who) and
the background time (when) and
the background of the incident
(where).
Complication
Complication consists of a
paragraph explaining the beginning
of the problem. Complication
contains interactions between
characters of events that cause a
conflict.
Resolution
Resolution is the paragraph that
becomes the end of the story. In
this section, there is a settlement
that makes the storyline end.
Reorientation
Reorientation is a closing
sentence that tells the
final condition of the
character in the story or
the moral message of the
story.
Language feature of narrative
text
– Past tense
– Adverb of time (Once upun a time, one day, etc)
– Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc)
– There are specific characters.
– Using action verbs. A verb that shows an action. (killed, dug, walked,
etc)
– Using direct speech. It is to make the story lively. (Snow White
said,”My name is Snow White" The direct speech uses present tense.
 Myth
Myth is a story set in the past, containing interpretations of the universe such as
the creation of the world and the existence of creatures in it, and is considered to
have really happened by the story's owner or adherents.

Legends

Types of Legends are ancient folk tales related to events and the origin of a place.

narrative Fable
Fable is a story that tells the life of animals that behave like humans.

Fairy tale
Fairy Tale is a simple story about magical creatures, such as fairies, dragons,
witches and princesses, giants and others.

Slice of life
slice of life is a short story piece of someone's life that can end happy, sad,
upset, funny or other feelings.
 The differences between narrative and recount
Narrative text Recount text

Content There are many types of story There are 3 types of recount
There is conflict in the story There is no conflict in the recount

Orientation Orientation
Complication Event
Structure
Resolution Reorientation
Reorientation

Time setting it happened in the past but not it happened in the past but with a
without a specific time specific time
Simple present tense

Simple present tense is the tense used when an event

is taking place at this time or an event that occurs
repeatedly (habit).
 Present tense Present tense affirmative

Subject + verb 1 (+ s/es) + S + Verb (1) / to be (is, am, are)

object +O
Form S + do/does not + bare S + am/is/are not + subject
infinitive (verb without s/es complement (noun/adjective/…)

For verbs ending in -O, -CH, -

SH, -X, or -Z, add -ES.
If the verb is To Be or Modal,
For verbs that end in the + Y
don't use the word do or does
Notes consonant, omit the Y and add
for negative form.
-IES.
For verbs that end in vowel +
Y, just add -S.
 Present perfect tense

Present perfect tense is a form of a verb that is used to express

an action or situation that has started in the past and is still
continuing until now or has been completed at a certain point in
the past but the effect is still continuing. This tense is usually
used to talk about experiences or changes that involve a place.
 Present Perfect Tense
S + have / has + Past participle
Form S + have / has + not + Past participle
Have / has + S + Past participle

Adverbs Yet Ever Since

Already Never
Just for

You can identify the present perfect tense by looking at the adverb or
Notes
known as a time signal