RECOUNT WRITING

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RECOUNT WRITING

• Features of a Recount

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PURPOSE

• The Purpose of a recount is to tell something
  thats happened .This may involve the authors
  personal interpretation of events.
• FOCUS
• Sequential specific events

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TYPES

• There are different types of recounts
• 1) Personal Recounts Recounting an experience
  in which the author has been directly involved.
• 2) Factual Recounts Retelling an event or
  incident such as a newspaper report, or accident
  report
• 3) Imaginative recounts Taking on a fictitious
  role and relating imaginary events, e.g. a day in
  the life of a pencil.

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Examples

• Recounts may be in the form of
• biographies,
• autobiographies,
• newspaper reports of events,
• histories,
• letters,
• diaries,
• journals,
• eye-witness accounts of incidents,
• accounts of accidents submitted for insurance
  claims.

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Text Organization

• Recounts generally begin with a Setting or
  Orientation that includes background information
  to assist the readers understanding of the
  recount. There are usually details about Who?
  When? Where? Why?
• Important Events are then elaborated and usually
  arranged in chronological order, first to last.
  The events are presented in an interesting way
  and may include personal comments
• Many recounts have a concluding statement talking
  about the authors personal feelings.

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Language Features

• Includes specific participants (my family)
• Usually written in simple past tense
• Use of dynamic or acting verbs (e.g. went, saw,
  fed, returned, etc.)
• Use of linking words to do with time provides the
  cohesive ties in the text (e.g. Yesterday, when,
  after, before, during, later on, meanwhile,
  following, etc.)

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Features (Continued)

• Use of first person personal pronouns I/We
• Details are selected to add interest
• Personal responses to the event may be included
  (except in factual recounts)