Anecdote Text

Anecdote Text - Pernahkah mengalami kejadian ganjil atau tidak biasa? Dan pernah menceritakan kejadian ganjil atau kejadian tidak biasa tersebut ke orang lain. Kalau anda pernah menceritakan kejadian tersebut, pastinya akan sangat mudah memahami apa itu Anecdote Text. Untuk itu, pada kesempatan kali ini penulis mencoba menghadirkan penjelasan dan contoh Anecdote Text untuk anda.

A. Pengertian Anecdote Text

Anecdote Text merupakan salah satu jenis teks bahasa Inggris dari kalangan Narration yang mana menceritakan kembali kejadian ganjil atau kejadian yang tidak biasa baik fakta maupun imajinasi.

B. Tujuan Komunikatif Anecdote Text

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 ditujukan untuk menghibur pembaca.

C. Generic Structure Anecdote Text

Terdapat 4 struktur kebahasaan (Generic Structure) dari Anecdote Text, yaitu:

1. Abstract

Struktur kebahasaan yang pertama dari Anecdote Text yaitu Abstract. Pada bagian Abstract, biasanya penulis mulai mengenalkan kejadian ganjil atau tidak biasa apa yang akan diceritakanya. Terdapat beberapa Abstract dari Anecdote Text diawali dengan penggunaan kalimat tanya, tetapi tidak semua Abstract dari Anecdote Text menggunakan kalimat tanya.

2. Orientation
Struktur kebahasaan yang kedua dari Anecdote Text yaitu Orientation. Seperti halnya di Narrative Text, Orientation di Anecdote Text juga menceritakan siapa, kapan, dan di mana kejadian ganjil atau kejadian tidak biasa tersebut terjadi.

3. Crisis

Struktur kebahasaan yang ketiga dari Anecdote Text yaitu Crisis. Pada bagian ini menceritakan kejadian ganjil atau kejadian tidak biasa tersebut terjadi. Penulis menceritakan kejadian tersebut dengan detail.

4. Reaction/ Incident

Struktur kebahasaan yang terakhir dari Anecdote Text yaitu Coda. Pada bagian Coda, penulis menceritakan bagaimana subjek cerita (pelaku) memecahkan masalahnya dan akhir dari kejadian ganjil atau tidak biasa tersebut.

D. Ciri kebahasaan Anecdote Text

Setiap jenis teks bahasa Inggris memiliki ciri kebahasaan tertentu selain bisa dilihat dari struktur kebahasaanya (Generic Structure). Di bawah ini adalah beberapa ciri kebahasaan yang biasanya ditemukan di setiap Anecdote Text:

1. Menggunakan past tense (Waktu lampau), seperti: I found it last night.
2. Menggunakan rhetoric question (pertanyaan retorika), seperti: Do you know what?
3. Menggunakan conjuction of time (kata sambung waktu), seperti: then, afterward, etc.
4. Menggunakan action verb (kata kerja aksi), seperti: went, writed, etc.
5. Menggunakan imperative sentece (kalimat perintah), seperti: listen to this.
6. Menggunakan exclamation sentence (kalimat seru), seperti: it's awful, it's wonderful, etc.

E. Contoh Anecdote Text

The Cattleman and The Farm Officer

There was a cattleman who had hundreds of cows in his backyard. He made a quite large cage so that all the cows could get into.

One day, a farm officer visited him. He asked, “what do you give to these cows every day?”

The cattleman replied, “I give them grass”.

The officer said loudly, “You are a cruel owner, you do not give them a proper food, you have to pay 2 million rupiah as a charge”.

The cattleman then gave the money with annoyance.

A few weeks later, the officer came back. He asked, “What do you give to these cows?”

The farmer proudly replied, “I give them a delicious meal, I feed my cows milk and hamburgers, even a few days ago I bought them Pizza”.

The officer quickly argued, “You have to pay 3 million rupiah”.

The cattleman replied, “Why? I have treated all cows with good way, right?”.

Again, the officer agued, “you have treated all these cows beyond the reasonable ways”.

Angrily, the cattleman got into the house and took the money then handed to the officer.

For several weeks, the cattleman thought a plan on how to overcome this problem. Finally he got a brilliant idea!

In a morning, the farm workers came back. He asks, “how are you sir? what have you feed to these cows?”

The cattleman loudly replied, “I have given them money and every cow gets 5000 rupiah, of course it’s up to them to eat everything they want, they surely can choose the most appropriate food”.

Officers eventually was silent and fell confused to answer.

Car Accident

There was a woman crying, she then talked to her husband.

Wife: Honey, there was a person crashed our car.
Husband: Did you drive fast?
Wife: No.
Husband: So, it must be the person who crashed our car was really driving so fast.
Wife: No, actually he was being stopped. He was not driving anything, he was sitting.
Husband: #*$^V#!%&??

A Young Businessman

There was a young businessman who was driving a new released car. Suddenly, an accident happened and caused his car door apart.

He was shocked and shouted, “Police, police, my car door was broken!”

The police replied, “are you stupid or crazy? Your hand is broken because of this accident, why do you worry about the door?”

The young executive shouted, “my hands broke?? Oh my God, where my Rolex? where is my expensive watch? I just spent half my salary last month to buy the watch!”

The police just shut up and did not say anything.

Demikian penjelasan dan contoh dari Anecdote Text, semoga Anecdote Text ini dapat menambah wawasan dan bermanfaat untuk kalian yaakk.. Terimakasih ;-)