Purpose A recount provides information about what happened, when it happened,
where it happened and who was involved.
Structure The three parts of a recount are:
·
An orientation which provides details of
who/what/when/where.
·
A series of paragraphs retell what has
happened
·
A reorientation concludes the retelling of the events
Language
features of a recount
Names of those involved – Tom, my sister, the next-door neighbour
Descriptive words – who, what, where, when, why – the puppets, in the sleeping city, after a few minutes, to find their way
Past tense – occurred, overturned, struggled
Time and sequence words to show order f events – then, next, finally
Names of those involved – Tom, my sister, the next-door neighbour
Descriptive words – who, what, where, when, why – the puppets, in the sleeping city, after a few minutes, to find their way
Past tense – occurred, overturned, struggled
Time and sequence words to show order f events – then, next, finally
Examples
of a recount
Newspaper reports, diary entries, interviews, conversation, letters
Newspaper reports, diary entries, interviews, conversation, letters
Example :
My Adventure
at Leang Cave
Orientation On Sunday,
my parents, my best fruend Novi, and I visited a cave at Maros called
Leang-leang . It was my first time to visit the cave, better yet, my best
friend came to visit it with me!
Event 1 The cave
was famous for its primitive cave wall paintings which were some hand prints
and wild boar paintings. The cave and its surroundings was turned into a
national park, so it was taken care of. My parents took a rest in a small hut
for visitors of the park, while Novi and I adventured around the cave with a
guide. We had to climb some metal stairs to get to the cave, because the cave
was embedded into a small mountain. Next stop was a place where some seashells
littered the ground and some were actually piled into a big mound! The guide
said that these piles of seashells are called kjokkenmoddinger, or kitchen
trash.
Event 2 The humans
who lived here ate the shells and dumped the left overs in their ‘kitchen’. The
last place was a small museum where they have skeletons of the humans who lived
in the caves. The skeletons along with some roughly made jewelry and weapons
were placed inside glass cases for display. The walls of the museum were
adorned with photographs taken when they did an excavation there.
Reorientation After a
quick lunch with Novi and my parents, we decided it was time to go back home.
We really had the time of our lives!
Source:
https://thinkquantum.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/recount-text/
No comments:
Post a Comment