RECOUNT TEXT_ FOR GRADE TENTH_ LINGUISTICS AND CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIT V RECOUNT TEXT A recount text is a kind of text used to relate experiences or retell event for the purpose of informing, entertaining, or reflecting. Recount texts can be personal, or factual. Ø PERSONAL RECAOUNT : retelling an activity that the writer has been personally involved in and may be used to build the relationship between the writer and the reader. For example, diary, journal and personal letter. Ø Factual recount : reporting the particulars of an incident by reconstructing factual information. For example, historical recount, biographical, and autobiographical recounts. The structure of recount texts A. Personal Recount § Orientation: introducing the participants, place and time. § Event: describing the series of events that happened in the past. § Reorientation: the personal comment of the writer related the story. Example: Table 1.1 generic structur...