Recounts

Recounts

1. Recounts are a way of retelling an important event or describing an experience that you have had to others, such as a school trip or a funny story.

2. When you write in the 1st person, you put yourself inside the writing by describing how you felt and what you were doing.

3. Recounts are written in the past tense because you are writing about something that has already happened.

4. Style: Recounts are written in the 1st person, the past tense and in chronological order, using pronouns such as 'I' and 'we'. Try to help the reader to imagine how you felt by exaggerating your emotions and using amazing adjectives.

5. When you are planning your recount, think about the important and interesting parts of your experience.

6. Purpose: Recounts can really help people to imagine what an experience was like, so use lots of descriptive words and phrases to make it seem like your reader is there with you.

7. you will need to think about when they happened, who else was involved, where you were and why you felt like you did.

8. Recounts are usually written in the order in which they happened. This is called chronological order.