Recount text is a text that is used to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining.
The generic structures of recount text are :
Orientation : ( it 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-orientation : (restates the writer’s opinion or personal comment of the writer on the incident)
Characteristic of Recount Text :
Use of simple past tense
Use of temporal conjunctions (when, after, before, next, later, then)
Use of personal pronoun (I, we)