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What is the difference?
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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 summarising 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
NARRATIVE
  • •A narrative is a story.
  • •It has an orientation which gives the background to the story.
  • •It has an element of suspense introduced by a complication. Just as in real life, some sort of problem arises which the main character or characters in the story need to deal with.
  • •It has a resolution which tells how the main character or characters confront the problem and resolve it.
  • •It has a coda which summarises the point of the story.
  • –For example : Although that incident happened four years ago, I can still remember every single detail of it, and I do not think I will ever forget it. My mother still has not completely forgiven me, though. How can I blame her? I have not even forgiven myself.
  • •The core of a narrative is the complication faced by its characters.

Narratives are used most often in :

  • •Fables
  • •Myths and Legends
  • •Detective Stories
  • •Adventure Stories
  • •Thrillers
  • •Period Dramas
  • Narratives are written mainly for entertainment. Those which not only entertain but instruct are highly valued. They carry either a moral or message derived from the events in which characters are involved.
 

 
In the Orientation stage:
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-Characters are introduced (who?)
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-Setting is established (where? when?)
 
 
In the Complication stage:
 
-One or more of the characters face a problem
 
-A pattern of events unfolds
 
4 Stages of A
Narrative
 
 
In the Coda stage:
 
-Writer summarises the point of the story
 
-Main character or characters reflect on the situation and express their feelings about the situation
 
 
In the Resolution stage:
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-Main character or characters confront the problem
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-They attempt to overcome the problem

In composition writing, we write a NARRATIVE instead of a recount. And it should be written in PAST tense.