Anecdote Text

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.

Generic Structure of Anecdote

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

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

Monday 15 June 2009

One liners

* The main trouble with mental notes is the ink fades so fast

* Ideas are great provided they don't degenerate into work

* Mrs JimJr lives great on my income; now I need one of my own

* If you're "not yourself today", enjoy it while ya can

* Maybe he/she doesn't "act stupid"; it might be the real thing

* If Clinton's tongue were notarized, I'd still think he's lying

* If life isn't worth living, what else can you do with it ?

* Some people not only have bad luck... they're carriers

* If a man's "Captain of his ship", his wife's likely the Admiral

* Give some women an inch, and they'll rearrange or redecorate it

* There's still "incurable romantics" -- we need better antibiotics

* What this country needs is products that outlast the wrappings

* Opportunity may only knock once, but temptation raps for years

* Ever notice how ignorance picks-up confidence as it goes along

* A billion's the current number of foods made with types of bran

* Teamwork is as easy as freckles getting together to make a tan

* Those who use body language need to improve their vocabularies

* These days, an "underprivileged kid" only has one set of parents

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