What is Anecdote?
1.
Definition
and Social Function of Anecdote
Anecdote is a text which
retells funny and unusual incidents in fact or imagination. Its purpose is to
entertain the readers.
2.
Generic
Structure of Anecdote
1. Abstract
2. Orientation
3. Crisis
4. Incident.
3.
Language
Feature of Anecdote
1. Using exclamation words;
it's awful!, it's wonderful!, etc
2. Using imperative; listen
to this
3. Using rhetoric question;
do you know what?
4. Using action verb; go,
write, etc
5. Using conjunction of
time; then, afterward
6. Using simple past tense
4.
Examples
and structures of the text
Snake in the Bath
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Abstract
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How would you like to find a snake in your
bath? A nasty one too!
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Orientation
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We had just moved into a new house,
which had been empty for so long that everything was in a terrible mess. Anna
and I decided we would clean the bath first, so we set to, and turned
on the tap.
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Crisis
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Suddenly to my horror, a snake’s head appeared
in the plug-hole. Then out slithered the rest of his long thin
body. He twisted and turned on the slippery bottom of the bath, spitting
and hissing at us.
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Incident
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For an instant I stood there quite paralysed. Then I yelled for my husband, who luckily came running
and killed the snake with the handle of a broom. Anna, who was only
three at the time, was quite interested in the whole business. Indeed
I had to pull her out of the way or she’d probably have leant over
the bath to get a better look!
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Coda
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Ever since then I’ve
always put the plug in firmly before running the bath water.
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There was a black family in Scotland years ago. They were Clark family with nine children. They had a dream to go
to America.
The family worked and saved. They were making plan to travel with their
children to America.
It had taken several years but finally they had saved enough money. They had
gotten passport. They had booked seats for the whole family member in a new
liner to America.
The entire family was full of anticipation and excitement with their
new life in America. However few days before their departure, the youngest son
was bitten by a dog. The doctor sewed up the boy. Because of the possibility of
getting rabies, there were being quarantined for long days. They were in
quarantine when the departure time came. The family dreams were dashed. They
could not make the trip to America
as they had planned.
The father was full of disappointed and anger. He stomped the dock to
watch the ship leaved without him and his family. He shed tears of
disappointment. He cursed both his son and God for the misfortune.
Five days latter, the tragic news spread throughout Scotland. The ship,
the mighty Titanic, had shank. It took hundreds of passenger and crew with it.
Titanic which had been called the unsinkable ship had sunk. It was unbelievable
but it was.
The Clak family should have been on that ship, but because of the
bitten son by a dog, they were left behind. When the father heard the news, he
hugged the son and thanked him for saving the family. He thanked God for saving
their lives. It was a blessing behind a tragedy. (Adapted from Look Ahead 2)
Generic Structure Analysis
Abstract: Everybody has a dream. You have and so do I. When the dream will come
true, there is something wrong last minute before it. What will we feel? What
will we do?
Orientation: the Clak family lived in Scotland. They had dream to travel
to America.
They prepared well for their plan
Crisis: few days before they went to America, his youngest son was
bitten by a dog. It made they were being quarantined. They had to forget their
plan.
Incident: the family was full of disappointment and anger. The father was angry
with his son and God. The family failed to travel to America and the father could not
accept it.
Coda: the father thank to his son when he hear the ship sank. He thank to
God because of saving the family from sinking. He thought leaving behind the
ship was not a tragedy but a blessing.
Small Notes
1. Anecdote (Cerita Lucu)
Ciri Umum:
(a) Tujuan Komunikatif Teks:
Menceritakan
kejadian/peristiwa lucu berdasarkan khayalan atau peristiwa nyata yang
bertujuan menghibur.
(b) Struktur Teks/Generic structure
ü Abstrak (Abstract)
ü Pengenalan (Orientation)
ü Krisis (Crisis)
ü Tindakan (Incident)
ü Koda (Coda)
(c) Ciri Kebahasaan: Menggunakan:
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seruan/kata
seru, pertanyaan retorik dan kata-kata seperti Listen to this! And do you
know what? It’s awful, isn’t it? dsb.
·
action
verbs, misalnya go, write, dsb.
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conjunctions
yang berhubungan dengan waktu, seperti then, afterwards, dsb.
