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RECOUNT

TEXT
CLASS EIGTH
Do you have an
unforgettable
experience?
When you had your
holiday or when you
were still child?
Have you
ever write it on?
If you have write or read some
experiences in a text, in can be
concluded a Recount Text
My
Story
Recount
Text is
a text which retells
events or experiences in
the past.
The experience can be:

happy
scary Embrassing
sad
funny
etc
Example of
Recount Text
The purpose of Recount Text is
to list and describe past
experiences by retelling events
in the order in which they
happened.

Recounts are written to retell


events with the purpose of
either informing or entertaining
their audience (or both)
Generic Structure of Recount Text
Orientation
Events
Tells who was Reorintation
involved, what
tell what happened
happened, where
in chronological consists of
the events took
sequence. optional-closure of
place, and when it
happened. events/ending.
Language feature of Recount Text

Using the simple past tense, Using the conjunctions, such


past continuous tense, past as: then, before, after, etc.
perfect tense, and past perfect
continuous tense.

Using temporal sequence, e.g.


On Saturday. On Monday, On
Sunday Using action verb, e.g.
went, stayed
Thank
you

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