ANECTODE TEXT

BY
ANIYATI PRASETIA RAHMAWATI
 Definition

Anecdote Text is one of the English text of the

Narration which retells the events odd or unusual
events both fact and imagination.
 Purpose Communicative Anecdote
Text
Anecdote of the actual sense of the text above we
can conclude the communicative purpose of
Anecdote Text is recounted events odd or unusual
events to entertain the reader.
 Generic Structure Text Anecdote
1. Abstract
In the Abstract section, usually the author began introducing odd or unusual
occurrences what will stories. There are a number of Anecdote Abstract Text
begins with the use of interrogative sentence, but not all of Anecdote Abstract
Text using interrogative sentence.
2. Orienation
As in Narrative Text, Text Orientation in Anecdote also tell who, when, and
where the incidence of odd or unusual events occurred.
3. Crisis
This section tells the bizarre incident or unusual events occurred. The author
tells the incident in detail.
4. Reaction / Incident
Last linguistic structure of Anecdote Text is Coda. In the Coda, the author tells
the story of how the subject (actor) solve the problem and the end of an odd or
unusual events such.
 Characteristics of linguistic
Anecdote Text
1. Using the past tense (past time), such as: I found it last
night.
2. Using the rhetoric question (rhetorical question), such as:
Do you know what?
3. Using the conjuction of time (the conjunction of time), such
as: then, afterward, etc.
4. Using action verbs (action verb), such as: went, writed, etc.
5. Using sentece imperative (command line), such as: listen to
this.
6. Using Exclamation sentence (sentence exclamation), such
as: it's awful, it's wonderful, etc.
 Sample text
Snake in the Bath
 
Abstract
How would you like to find a snake in your bath? A nasty one too!
Orientation
We had just moved into a new house, the 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.
Crisis
Suddenly to my horror, a snake's head Appeared in the plug-hole. Then slithered out the rest of his
long thin body. He twisted and turned on the slippery bottom of the bath, Hissing and spitting at us.
Reaction / Incident
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!
Coda
Ever since then I've always put the plug in firmly before running the bath water.