This document provides an overview of the key elements and language features of a recount text. It begins with reviewing the definition of a recount text as one that retells past events or experiences in chronological sequence. It then outlines the generic structure of a recount text as including an orientation, series of sequenced events, and optional reorientation. An example text "My Holiday at Home" is presented that demonstrates these features. Finally, it identifies common language features of recount texts, such as using specific participants, past tense verbs, conjunctions like "after that", action verbs, and past adverbs of time.