RECOUNT TEXT

1. Definition :
Recount text is a kind of text to tells the reader a past event or experience in a chronological order. That’s why, it uses simple past tense. Recount text usually focuses on a person’s past experience, so it usually uses the word “I or we”. The recount text focus is on a seavence of even. A recount generally begin with an orientation. It provides the backgrounds information needed to understanding the text such as who was involved, where it happened and when it happened. Then the recount unfolds with a series of even condered in chronological sequences. At various stage, there may be some personal comment on the incident. We call it re – orientation.
*Sooo...long.. =D

2. You must knowing the generic structure are :
- Orientation :
Provides the setting and introduces participants.
- Events :
Tell the sequence of events.
- Re-orientation :
Summarises the event or oplicnal closence events.

3. Here is the purpose of recount :
To list and describe past experiences by retelling events in the order in which they happened (chronological order).

4. Example of recount text :

...................."Exploring Space"....................
Before the telescope was invented, astronomy, consistend largely of measuning and predicting the positions of stars and planets observed by naked eye.
In 1609 a revolution began when galileo galilei used a telescope to repeat mountains on the moon, Jupiter, moon and count stars in thr milkyway.
Despite these amazing discoveries, however, for the next 250 years astronomy was predominanty devoded to measuring pastions and cataloging.