Jeremya H

ANECDOTE TEXT

Anecdote text is a text which retells funny and unusual incidents in

fact or imagination. Its purpose is to entertain the readers.

Generic Structure of Anecdote :

1. Abstract
2. Orientation
3. Crisis
4. Incident.

Language Feature of Anecdote:

1. Using exclamation words; its awful!, its 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

Example of Anecdote :
 Jeremya H

CLARK FAMILY
There was a black family in Scotland years ago. They were Clark family
with ninechildren. They had a dream to go to America. The family
worked and saved. They weremaking plan to travel with their children to
America. It had taken several years but finallythey had saved enough
money. They had gotten passport. They had booked seats for thewhole
family member in a new liner to America.The entire family was full of
anticipation and excitement with their new life inAmerica. 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 theship
leaved without him and his family. He shed tears of disappointment. He
cursed bothhis son and God for the misfortune.Five days latter, the tragic
news spread throughout Scotland. The ship, the mightyTitanic, 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 adog, they were left behind. When the father heard the
news, he hugged the son andthanked him for saving the family. He
thanked God for saving their lives. It was a blessing behind a tragedy.
(Adapted from Look Ahead 2)

My Own Story :
 Jeremya H
My Grandpas Experience

My 90-year-old Grandpas was giving a talk at our House about his

Wonderfull World War II experiences. During the question-and-answer
period, he was asked, How did you know the war was over?Did you
know? He replied, When they stopped shooting at me.