IS IT UNUSUAL?
Can you tell me
what is it about?
WHATS ON THIS
CHAPTER?
Anecdote text
Grammar Focus
Cultural
Awareness
An anecdote is a type of spoken or written text
that deals with past incidents. The function is to
retell an account or story of unusual or amusing
incident. The incident happened in the past.
The purposes are sharing with others an usual or
amusing incident and entertaining others.
Social Function : to share with others an account of
unusual, uncommon or amusing incident.
ANECDOTE
Abstract
the RETELLING of an unusual or amusing incident
Orientation
Sets the scene
Crisis
Provides details of the unusual incident.
Reaction
Coda (optional)
Reaction to the crisis
Reflection on or evaluation of the incident
Simple Past Tense
The pattern:
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Positive:
Subject + Verb 2 or Subject + was/were
Negative:
Subject + did not + V1
Passive
Subject + was/were+ Verb 3
Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an
action started and finished at a specific time in the
past.
Examples:
He started the company in 1954.
He traveled to Japan
He didnt leave until the war ended.
Past Continuous Tense
The pattern:
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Subjects + was/were + verb-ing
Use the past continuous tense to show our interest
in the action itself as it is actually taking place.
Examples:
He was starting his company when all his
brothers were still busy with their study.
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Exclamation
We use exclamations to express surprise or shock
or a strong emotion about something or
rhetorical question and intensifiers
Examples: really, very, quite etc
temporal sequencers to show the sequence of
story
Examples : Before, After, When, While, until,
During, As, At that time, At that
moment, After that, After then,
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
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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 my 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.
Identify and answer the question below!
1. What is the text about?
2. Was there the writer experience?
3. What is the writers reaction through his
story?
4. Why does the writer always shy while the
writer remember it?
5. Can you mention! Why does writer write this
short story?
