Lesson 6

How are recounts and narratives similar? How are they different? Complete the table by selecting your answers from the list. (You can use each answer more than once.)

Recount

Narrative

Purpose

Structure

Beginning

Middle

End

Language Features

Tells about something that happened in the past

Events unfold in chronological order

A problem or crisis develops

The moral to the story

The problem or crisis is resolved

The setting and characters are introduced

To inform and entertain by retelling an event

Always written in the past tense.

Uses figurative language

To entertain and educate readers or viewers through storytelling