A recount is a piece of text that retells past events, usually
in theorder in which they occurred !ts purpose is to provide the
audiencewith a description of what occurred and when it
occurred
Exa"ples of recount texts include#
$ eyewitness account$ newspaper reports
$ letters
$ conversations
$ television interviews
$ speeches
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%eatures of A RECOUNT
Constructing a recount
A recount text usually has three "ain sections The
&rstpara'raph 'ives (ac)'round infor"ation a(out who,
what,where, and when *called an orientation+ This is followed (y
aseries of para'raphs that retell the events in the order inwhich
they happened o"e recounts have a concludin'para'raph, however this
is not always necessary
Grammatical features of a recountRecounts usually include the
followin' 'ra""atical features#$ proper nouns to
identify those involved in the text$ descriptive
words to 'ive details a(out who, what, when,where
and how$ the use of the past tense to retell the
events$ words that show the order of the events *for
exa"ple,&rst, next, then+
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The RECOUNT sca-old
Step 1!ntroductory para'raph that tells who, what, where, and
when
Step 2
A se.uence of events in the order in which they occurred
Step !optional"
A conclusion
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# $ostcard
0ear Nan,
We are havin' a 'reat holiday here on the 2old Coast 3esterday
wewent to /ovie World
When we 'ot up in the "ornin', it loo)ed li)e rain After a while
the
clouds disappeared and it (eca"e a sunny day We then decided to
'oto /ovie World
The &rst ride ! went on was 1ethal Weapon Next ! saw
the 4oliceAcade"y show After that ! had lunch as ! was really
hun'ry/eanwhile, /u" and 5elly .ueued for the 6at"an ride
A(out one o7cloc) we 'ot a li'ht shower of rain (ut it cleared
up soonafter We then went on all the other rides followed (y the
studio tour
