Recount writing retells past events. It aims to inform and entertain the reader.

Features of recount writing:

- Recounts start by setting the scene – What? Where? When? How?

- Events are in chronological order.

- They are written in the past tense and in the active voice.

- They use time connectives e.g. after, then, next, meanwhile.

- They focus on people and events.

- They use first or third person point of view.

- They use technical language relevant to the subject.

- The closing statement should comment on or evaluate events.

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