Anecdote writing

Anecdote writing

Learning objectives Students will be able to learn: ❑What is an anecdote? ❑How to write an anecdote? ❑Format of an anecdote ❑Important points to remember while writing an anecdote

2. Has something 1. Have you even been interesting taken place to an interesting place in your life? in your summer vacations? 3. Has something funny taken place in your life?

One day, I was taking a plant home to water it and give it some manure. After I was done, when I was getting it back to the garden, I saw a bug which had started climbing on my dress. I was frightened and I started shaking myself so much that the bug should have fallen. But to my surprise, it started coming more and more closer to my face and suddenly I fell unconscious. After 5-10 minutes, I opened my eyes and felt happy to see that the bug had gone away from me.

What is an anecdote? • An anecdote is a short yet interesting story. • It is always shorter than a normal story. • It speaks about an incident or event that has taken place in your life.

Remember the following points while writing an anecdote: ❑An anecdote should always be written in past tense ❑It should be about your life or about someone whom you know. ❑It should be interesting or funny. ❑It should have a conflict and a resolution. ❑It is like a story, only short. ❑It should not extend 150 words.

Types of anecdotes ❑True True anecdotes are the real ones. You have to describe and exaggerate upon a real and interesting or funny incident that took place in your life or someone else’s life. ❑Fictitious Fictitious anecdotes are made up stories. You have to talk about any made up story, that truly didn’t happen in someone’s life.

Format of an anecdote ❑The format of an anecdote is just like the one of a story. 1. Where and when does the incident happen? 2. Description about the event 3. Main conflict that makes an anecdote interesting or funny. 4. The resolution, that resolves your problem.

In the month of December, I and my family had gone to Pune, Lonavala for camping. On the first day when we arrived, we sat and played games in the tent. Then after an hour, we went in the Pawana lake for which this camping place was famous. We sat in the water and clicked a few pictures. While we were enjoying the coldness of the lake, we were called to have some snacks and tea. After enjoying the taste of the pakora, we went outside the camping area for a walk. We also did trekking and clicked pictures at the top of the hills. When it was evening, we started walking towards our tent. Then after eating our dinner, we all sat together around the campfire and even took pictures there. After the campfire, we slept in our tents and woke up very early, 7:00. After eating our breakfast on the 2nd day, we immediately left for some more trekking and came back in the noon when we were tired. Finally, at 4:00 it was our departure time, so we sat in our car and returned back home in 4 hours. This was the best time I had since I got 2 full days to spend with my family.