Question

recount the last time you went on a special journey
recount writing​

Answer 1

Answer:

A recount retells an experience or an event that happened in the past.  The purpose of a recount can be to inform, entertain or to reflect and evaluate. 

A recount can focus on a specific section of an event or retell the entire story.  A recount should always be told in the order that things happened.

There are five types of recount to consider.

PERSONAL RECOUNT

Retells an activity the writer has been personally involved in and may be used to build the relationship between the writer and the reader e.g. anecdote, diary journal, personal letter.  These usually retell an event that the writer was personally involved in.

FACTUAL / NEWSPAPER RECOUNT

Reports the particulars of an incident by reconstructing factual information e.g. police reconstruction of an accident, historical recount, biographical and autobiographical recounts.  A factual recount is an objective recount of a true event by someone not personally involved in the situation. Its purpose is either to inform, entertain or both.