ANECDOT TEXT By FITRI LARASATI Sosial function v
ANECDOT TEXT By: FITRI LARASATI
Sosial function v. Anecdote is a text which retells unusual or amusing incidents in fact or imagination. v. The purpose is to intertain the reader.
Generic structure Abstract : there is in the first paragraph, and the function is to give illustration of the text. Orientation : to show the first incident and how the incident happened. Crisis : to tell a unique or unusual incident is happened. Reaction : to tell how to solve the problem in crisis. Coda : to give conclusion of the story.
Language features 1. Using exclamation words ; it’s awful!, it’s wonderful!, etc. 2. Using imperative ; listen to me. 3. Using rhetorical question ; do you know what? 4. Using action verb ; go, write, etc. . 5. Using conjunction of time ; then, afterward, etc. 6. Using simple past tense ; went, wrote, etc.
Example 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, 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 out slithered the rest of its long thin body. It twisted and turned on the slippery bottom of the bath, spitting and hissing 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.
The differences anecdot and spoof q. Anecdot is unusual story and predictable. q. Spoof is funny story in the end and unpredictable.
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