Recounts

Purpose : To tell the readers what happened in the past through a sequence of events.

Text Organization : Personal

• Orientation
  ( who were involved in the story, when, and where)
• Events (tell what happened in a chronogical order)
• Evalution (comments of the writer/speaker about the experience)
• Re-orientation (Optional) (The conclusion of experience)
• Factual Recounts
• Orientation (who were involved in the story, when, and where)
• Events (tell what happened in a chronological order)

Language Features :

• The use Of Nouns and Pronouns (e.g : David, we, his)
• The use Of Action Verbs (e.g : went, spent, played)
• The use Of Past Tenses (e.g : we went a trip to zoo)