The document discusses the text type of anecdote. An anecdote is used to share an account of an unusual or amusing incident with others. It typically follows the structure of abstract, orientation, crisis, reaction, and coda. Anecdotes use language features like action verbs, exclamations, and temporal conjunctions. The document provides an example anecdote about a plumber who was previously a doctor.

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4. Generic structure: ANECDOTE ABSTRACT signals the retelling of an unusual incident ORIENTATION sets the scene (when & where) CRISIS provides details of the unusual incident REACTION reaction to crisis CODA (optional) reflection on or evaluation of the incident

5. A N E C D O T E To share with others an account of an unusual or amusing incident Deals with something unexpected or out of the ordinary It is the unexpected events which makes the story worth telling Almost exclusively used for oral genre

6. Language Features of Anecdote Use of material processes/action verbs to tell what happened Use of exclamations (e.g. ‘guess what?!’ ; ‘I couldn’t believe it!’) Use of intensifiers (e.g. ‘really?!’; ‘very amazing’) Use of temporal conjunctions (e.g. and, then)

7. Example and Generic Structure Al Brown was very good at fixing things around the house when they broke. One day he went to another city to do some works there, and his wife was alone in the house. While Mr. Brown was away, one of the faucets on the bathtub broke. Mrs. Brown didn’t know much about fixing broken faucets, so she telephoned a plumber.

8. The plumber came to the house that afternoon and fixed the faucet in a few minutes. When he finished, he gave Mrs. Brown his bill for the work. She looked at it for several seconds and then said, “Your prices are very high, aren’t they? Do you know, the doctor costs less than this when he comes to the house?” “ Yes, I know,” answered the plumber. “I know that very well, because I was a doctor until I was lucky enough to find this job a few months ago.”