Recount

Social Function:
To retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining.


Generic Structure:

• Orientation: provides the setting and introduces participants.
• Events : tell what happened, in what sequence.
• Re-orientation: optional-closure of events.

Significant Lexicogrammatical Features:

• Focus on specific participants.
• Use of material processes.
• Circumstances of time and place.
• Focus on temporal sequence.