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GENERIC STRUCTURE

Formula and e x s
.)Generic Structure SIMPLE PAST TENSE
1.verbal simple past a.Orientation:it gives the reader about
(+)Subject + Verb2 + Object the background information needed
(-)Subject + did + not + Verb1
Simple past tense is used to
to understand the text,such as who
(?)Did + Subject + Verb1?
was involved,where it happened,
express an activity or situation

Example:
and when it happened that was assessed
(+) I played football last week.
(-) Arini did not attend my birthday party. )
b.Events:A series of events,ordered and endeed in the past
(?) Did you go to the school yesterday? in a chronological sequence and

become the core of the text


c.Re-orientation:Closing of a story.
A peronal comment about the event or
what happened in the end(sad or happy)

Nominal and e x s DEFINITION


2.Nominal simple past
(+)Subject + to be (was/were) + Adjective/Adverb
Recount text is a text that telling
(-)Subject + to be (was/were) + not + Adjective/Adverb

the reader about one story,
RECOUNT TEXT
RECOUNT TEXT
(?)to be (was/were) + Subject + Adjective/Adverb

Example:
(+) We were late yesterday. action or activity in the past.
(-) He was not happy because of me.
(?) Were you at Dina’s house?

USING CONJUNCTION
LANGUAGE FEATURE PURPOSE
Using the conjunctions,such >Purpose of recount text
as:then,before,after,etc .Language Feature
The purpose is to informing
-Using the simple past tenses
or entertaining the reader

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