ANECDOTE TEXT

Definition:

Anecdote Text merupakan sala h satu jenis teks baha sa Inggris dari kala ngan Narration (lihat artikel Types of Text) yang mana me nceritakan kembali kejadian ganjil atau kejadian yang tidak biasa ba ik fakta maupun imajinasi.

Communicative Purpose:

Sebenarnya dari pengertian Anecdote Text tersebut di atas kita bisa menyimpulkan tujuan komunikatif dari Anecdote Text yaitu menceritakan kembali kejadian ganjil atau kejadian yang tidak biasa yang ditujuka n untuk menghibur pembaca.

Generic Structure:

1.   Title

     Berbentuk phrase yang berisi satu topik ridiculous events untuk disharingkan

     dengan para pembaca.

2.   Abstract

 Pada bagian Abstract, biasanya pe nulis mulai me ngenalkan kejadian ganjil atau tidak biasa  apa yang aka n diceritaka nya. Terdapat beberapa Abstract dari Anecdote Text diawali dengan penggunaan kalimat tanya, tetapi tidak semua Abstract dari Anecdote Text menggunakan kalimat tanya.

3.   Orientation

 Seperti halnya di Narrative Text, Orientation di Anecdote Text juga menceritakan siapa,                    mana kejadian ganjil atau kejadian tidak biasa tersebut terjadi.

4.   Crisis

Pada bagian ini menceritakan kejadian ganjil atau kejadian tidak biasa tersebut terjadi. Penulis menceritakan kejadian tersebut dengan detail.

5.         Reaction/ Incident

Berisi reaksi atau tindakan solusi ya ng diambil atau dilakukan oleh penulis untuk mengatasi atau menyelamatkan diri dari incident tersebut.

6.   Coda

     Penutup cerita yang merupakan ending atas incident tersebut.

Grammatical feature:

Past Tense

Contoh Anecdote 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 a house, which had been

empty for so long that everything wa s 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 snakes’ head appeared in the plughole. 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.

Reaction

For an instant I stood there quite paralyzed. Then, I yelled for my husband, who luckily came running and killed the snake with a handle of broom. Anna, who was only tree at the time, was quite interested in the whole business.  Indeed, I had had to pull her out of the way or she’d probably have leant over

the bath to get a better look!

Coda

We found out later that it was a black mamba, a poisonous kind of snake. It had obviously been fast asleep, curled up at the bottom of the rice warm water-pipe. It must have had an awful shock when the cold water came trickling down! But nothing to the shock I got! Ever since then I’ve always put the plug in firmly before running the bath water.

Contoh Anecdote

Misunderstanding

Taking the wrong assumption? This is very abashed. Actually I was so embarrassed about this incident. I think many people will laugh when they know it. One day my brother and I were watching television at home. Suddenly there were many people brought many chairs from my neighbor's house and I saw it. At that moment I was afraid and I said to my father about this incident. My father run and said, "Thief...thief...thief...catch them !" but suddenly he stopped. In fact the people were not thieves because one of them is my uncle. My father said to me, "Oh ... no Hen, He is your uncle. It is terrible".

After that my father chatted with my uncle.  I was so embarrassed to them. I was not brave to go out. Then my father talked to me. I just laughed and was afraid. My mother laughed after listening this story and she told me, "That is funny, Henny".

When I meet my uncle, I feel shy to him because I always remember this incident.  I hope my uncle forget it and I will not be shy anymore. This experience was so funny in m y life. I take the wrong assumption about someone whom I called as a thief. May be because of night, I could not see clearly. I always remember it and I do not forget it. I think this experience can be a lesson for me.

To Build a Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge that spans the river tying Manhattan Island to Brooklyn is truly a miracle bridge. In 1863, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea for this spectacular bridge. However, bridge-building experts throughout the world told him to forget it; it could not be done.

Roebling convinced his son, Washington, who was a young upend coming e engineer, that the bridge could be built. The two of them developed the concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With un harnessed excitement and inspiration, the y hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.

The project was only a few months under construction when a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling and severely injured his son, Washington. Washington was left with permanent brain damage and was unable to talk or walk. Everyone felt that the project would have to be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built.

Even though Washington was unable to move or talk, his mind was as sharp as ever, and he still had a burning desire to complete the bridge. An idea hit him a s he lay in his hospital bed, and he developed a code for communication. All he could move was one finger, so he touched the arm of his wife with that finger, tapping out the code to communicate to her what to tell the engineers who were building the bridge. For thirteen years, Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger until the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge was finally completed.