Recount Text

The definition of Recount Text :

Recount text is a text that is used to retell event for the purpose of informing or entertaining.

The generic structures of Recount text are :
Orientation ( its gives the readers the background information needed to understand the text such as who was involved where it happened ,when it happened)
Events ( a series of events ordered in a chronological sequence )
Re-orentation ( restates the writer’s opinion or personal comment of the writer on the incident)

The significant lexicogrammatical features :
Uses of simple past tense
Uses of temporal conjuctions ( when ,after,before,next,later,then)
Uses of personal pronoun ( I and We )


For the example of Recount text :

“ A visit to a sheep property “

Last holiday.I visited a sheep property .I helped in the shearing sheds an the yards .On the first day the Merino wethers were crutched.I helped by sweeping up after the rouseabout picked up the wool pieces shearers start early ( at 7.30 a.m )

After lunch,we started shearing the lambs .There were more than 400 so we didn’t finish until the next day.Once again I was sweeping and picking up dags.I was tired by the end of the day in the shed but our work wasn’t finished.We all had to help to get the wethers and lambs back into the paddocks.

As well ,we had to get a mob of ewes and their lambs into the yard for shearing the next day.Then it was time for tea ( that’s what my nanna calls dinner ).This was a very long day but I enjoyed it a lot.