what is recount text?

Recount text is a text that retells about the experience in the past time.

Social Function:
To retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining.

Generic structure of Recount text:

• Tittle(optional)
• Orientation 
• Events
• Reorientation

Language Features :

• A personal recount uses past tense
• A personal recount also uses connectors to put the events in order. 
• A personal recount describes events. So, there are many action verb or action words used. 
• A personal recount use mainly first person pronoun ( I or We ) 

Adopted from : English on sky 2.(published by Erlangga)