Features of a recount text.

 

STRUCTURE:

Introduction:

- In the introduction answer the following questions:

o   WHO did it happen to?

o   WHERE did it happen?

o   WHEN did it happen?

 

Main body of the recount:

- Write WHAT happened in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER .

- Chronological order means writing the events in the order that they happened

 

Ending:

- Explain HOW it felt and what will happen next.

 

 

Writing features of a recount text:



PAST TENSE – you are retelling an event that has happened so you need to use the past tense.

 


CAUSAL CONNECTIVES – use your causal connectives to show the cause and effect of your events

 

TIME CONNECTIVES – use you time connectives to show you the order of events.

 

NON – FICTION – recount texts usually retell events that have actually happened.

 

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