Recount

Purpose

To retell an event or series of events in an informative way, usually in chronological order

To entertain in fiction, or give insight into human motivation in (auto) biography and history

Audience

Someone who wants to know what happened

The audience is often defined by age. e.g. writing for peers, teacher or general public

Forms

Fiction/diary/(auto)biography

Newspaper articles are often recounts

Typical structure

Scene setting to establish context Paragraphs used for effect and to mark change of focus/time/place relating to the events Sequence/chronology words provide order Starts at the beginning and finishes at the end of the event(s) .Sometimes the chronology is reorganised to emphasise key events

Typical language features

Written in the first or third person Generally written in past tense Active verbs describe what happened A variety of sentence structures creates different effects, such as a sequence of multi-clause sentences followed by a short sentence Discourse markers related to time – e.g. later, meanwhile, twenty years on; cause – e.g. because, since; contrast – e.g. although, however, nevertheless Sophisticated use of punctuation for effect, such as colons, semi-colons, dashes, brackets Answers questions: When? Where? Who? What? Why? How? Uses specific dates/times/names of people and places Vocabulary choices express feelings through emotive adjectives, adverbs, verbs Use of imagery/similes/metaphors for descriptive effect

Recount

TEXT STRUCTURE

Introduction: Who, what, where, when, how?

Events organised in chronological order

Specific names mentioned: Mahrez, Klopp etc

Finishes at the end of event and includes a reflective comment

Anfield hosts absorbing goalless draw

There was little to choose, and few chances shared between the two teams last Sunday. Both started the weekend level on points at the top of the Premier League, but Man City could have claimed victory via an 86th-minute penalty.

The cagey opening to the game could perhaps be attributed to the teams’ wariness of their opponents’ attacking potency. Yet, early instances of retrieving the ball back high up the pitch offered encouragement to Liverpool. Mohamed Salah dragged a shot wide straight in the fourth minute.

Midway through the half, Henderson’s lofted through ball, played to find the darting run of Salah down the centre, was overhit by a fraction and City, having been on the back foot, then regained an element of control by keeping possession for lengthy spells.

Appeals for a penalty from the visitors - when Sergio Aguero went down under Lovren’s challenge were ignored shortly before half time. And, while Liverpool enjoyed the majority of the ball for the remainder of the half, there were no further attempts on goal at either end before the break.

There was more urgency to Liverpool’s work immediately after the restart - and the home crowd responded by raising the volume accordingly. But it was City who went close to breaking the deadlock on the hour, as Mahrez drove narrowly wide after his diagonal run was found by David Silva.

With 20 minutes remaining, Klopp introduced Daniel Sturridge for Roberto Firmino and he soon had a halfchance. Then Gomez ended a raiding run down the right with a fine cross, which Sturridge nodded straight at the keeper.

There was late drama, however, as shortly before the whistle, van Dijk was adjudged to have felled Leroy Sane in the area, presenting penalty. However, Mahrez blazed his spot-kick over the crossbar, leaving the sides with a point apiece and ensuring that Liverpool extended their unbeaten home run to 25 matches.

LANGUAGE FEATURES

Past tense

Use of third person

Discourse markers related to time

Adverbs related to time or action

Varied sentence length for effect