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A Recount

A Recount. a written or spoken narration of an event that happened in the past. Types . Personal recounts Retelling an activity that the writer has been personally involved in Anecdote, diary, personal letter,… Factual recounts

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A Recount

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  1. A Recount a written or spoken narration of an event that happened in the past

  2. Types • Personal recounts • Retelling an activity that the writer has been personally involved in • Anecdote, diary, personal letter,… • Factual recounts • Reporting the particulars of an incident by reconstructing factual information • Historical recount, news report • Imaginative recounts • Applying factual knowledge to an imaginary role in order to interpret and recount events • A Day in the Life of A Coolie, How I escaped the Japanese in WWII

  3. P-A-C DETERMINES THE LANGUAGE USED • Purpose • To inform • To entertain • To reflect • Audience • Who am I recounting to? • My friends, my teachers, my parents, the police • Context • Setting • Under what circumstances am I recounting? • Who am I recounting as? An expert, a witness, a victim?

  4. Personal Recount • Background info – 5W1H • Sequence of events • Personal thoughts [& feelings]

  5. Orientation Time Place Event First person pronoun Past tense Today was truly, absolutely the worst day ever in Sarajevo. The shooting started around noon. Mummy and I moved into the hall. Daddy was in his office, under our flat, at the time. We told him on the interphone to run quickly to the downstairs lobby where we’d meet him. We brought Cicko with us. The gunfire was getting worse, and we couldn’t get over the wall to the Bobars, so we ran down to our own cellar. The cellar is ugly, dark, smelly. Mummy, who’s terrified of mice, had two fears to cope with. Chronological sequence of events Action verb Descriptive words

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