Recount Text
Have you ever experienced something unforgettable in you life?
May be about your fun vacation on last holiday? 
Or even about your bad luck in yesterday blind date???Why don’t you try to write it down into a recount text?
Yeah, I said RECOUNT TEXT! Hihihi.. 
Don’t know about recount text???
Let’s discuss about it!
Recount text is a kind of text describes about past experiences. It retells events happened in chronologically ordered. The purpose of this text is to entertain the readers. Different with narrative text, recount text tells non- fictive story in which based on real events or experiences.
The generic structure of recount consist of three parts. They are:
1. Orientation : Introducing the participants, place and time.
2. Events : Describing series of event that happened in the past.
3. Reorientation or comment : Stating personal comment of the writer about the story.
And here are the language features of recount text…
1. past tense.
2. action verbs (went, bought, visited, etc).
3. time signal (yesterday, two months ago, etc) .
4. emotive expression (I’m very happy, it is embarrassing, etc).
This following story is an example of recount text which has been analized. To make us more understand about it, let's check it out!! :-)
Recount text can be in the form of personal recount (such as biography, diary, etc), factual recount, or imaginative recount.
This following story is an example of recount text which has been analized. To make us more understand about it, let's check it out!! :-)
and ... wait!! as you learn about recount text now, you will be very interested to know its difference with narrative text. Let's see...! :-)
Well, after you have read about it, now it’s time to write your own recount text. It can be any experiences you like to write. Happy writing ..!!!
