What is a recount?

If you are confused about the recount assignment, just get some rest and we will clear it up tomorrow during class. Sorry for the confusion. : ) 


RECOUNT

A recount is a record of events.

It has an orientation which gives the background to the events that took place.

It has a series of events told in the past tense. Time markers such as “yesterday”, “then”, “soon” are used to sequence the events.

It may end with a re-orientation which refers the reader back to the orientation

A summarizing comment

The core of a recount is its sequence of events.

Recounts are used most often in :

• Newspaper articles – preceedings of a trial, description of a soccer match, events before and after the occurrence of natural disasters
• Police Reports
• Biographies
• Autobiographies
• Diary Entries
• Historical Records