recount texs

Today we are going to remind you of the non-fiction types of text.
This session is only an introduction to recounts and how to tell a recount from other types of text
There are six main types of non-fiction text:

Recount, Instructions, Persuasion,
Discussion, Explanation and Non-chronological reports.

Each of these types as its own purpose, structure and language features.
By knowing these text types you will be able to read and learn to write in these styles.
Today we will look at the purpose, structure and language features of Recounts
Recounts
Purpose: The purpose of a recount is to retell events.
The prefix re means again. So to recount is to state again.
Structure: There is often an opening or setting a of a scene. E.g. I went to the park.
The events in a recount are often in the order that they happen (Chronological order):
I went to the park and I saw a pond. The pond had ducks sitting at the side of it.
A recount will often have a closing statement. E.g. I left the park and went home.
Language features: Recounts are written in the past tense.
They can be written in the first or the third person
1st person It is happening to the person writing the recount i.e. I went to the park.
3rd person. An observer is telling it. Tom went to the park, there he saw a pond.
The connectives in a recount are often: Next, then, after that.
Recounts focus on what an individual or a group of people were doing.
The following are examples of recounts.