Name : Nurjannah

NPM : A1B019027

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 house, which had been empty for so long that
everything was 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 snake’s head appeared in the plug-hole. Then out slithered
the restof his long thin body. He twisted and turned on the slippery bottom of the bath,
spitting and hissing at us.

Incident

For an instant I stood there quite paralysed. Then I yelled for my husband, who
luckily came running and killed the snake with the handle of a broom. Anna, who was only
three at the time, was quite interested in the whole business. Indeed I 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 nice 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.

Discuss the text above !

a. What is the text about?

The text is about an unusual incident experienced by Anna and her parents, that is finding a
snake in the bath in their new house.

b. Retell the text with your own words!

See snake in the bath? That's too bad!
Anna and her family had just move into the new house. The house was very messy
because it has not been inhabited for a long time, so Anna and her mother decided to clean it.
The first thing they clean was the bathroom so they turned on the tap.
From the faucet emerged a venomous animal. Can you guess? Yes, a snake. The
snake fell from the tap and trembled in the bath
Anna’s mother was very shocked and immediately called Anna’s father! Luckily
Anna’s father moved quickly and killed the snake using a broomstick! Anna looks interested
in the incident, but her mother immediately pulls Anna, if not possible they will be bitten by a
snake.
After Anna's parents searched for information it was a type of black mamba snake, a
type of venomous snake. The snake could be there because the snake likes the warm pipe in
the Anna’s bathroom, the snake must have been shocked when the snake found out that cold
water was running. Since then Anna’s mother have always put the plug in firmly before
draining the bath water.
The following is another example of anecdote:

Soon after David left college, one of his uncle who was rich died and
left dave a lot of money.

Abstract So he decided to set up his own real estate agency

Orientation He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming
toward the door of his office

Crisis “It is my first customer” he thought. He quickly picked up the

telephone and pretended to be very busy answering an important call
from someone in new york

Reaction Who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country

Coda The man knocked the door while this was going on,came in and waited
politely for the agent to finish his conversation. The man said to me “I
am from the telephone company and I was sent here to connect your
telephone

Answer the following questions :

1. create the appropriate tittle for the text above!

The First Customer was Unexpected.

2. What is anecdote text purpose?

To share with others an account of an unusual or amusing incident

3. What are the generic structure of anecdote?

Generic Structure
• Abstract: signals the retelling of an unusual incident
• Orientation: sets the scene
• Crisis: provides details of the unusual incident
• Reaction: reaction to crisis
• Coda: optional-reflection on or evaluation of the incident

4. Do you know the linguistic features of anecdote?

Yes, I do.
• Use of exclamations, rethorical questions and intensifiers (really, very, quite,etc) to point
up the significance of the events
• Use of Material Processes to tell what happened
• Use of temporal conjunctions

5. Find anaother anecdote text!

Beo is Naughty Bird

Abstract :

Mira, Dewi and Bunga next door and always together go to the office. Before
reaching the highway for public transport, they had to pass an alley that one of the houses
kept parrots.

Orientation :

Every time these three women passed the front of the house of the parrot, the parrot
always mentioned three colors. Bunga suspects that the parrot knows the color of their three
wallets.

Crisis :

To prove it is true or not they make an appointment to use the same wallets color. The
next day they passed the alley, the parrot said “Black, black, black.” The three women were
stunned and amazed. The next day the parrot correctly guessed the color of their wallets by
saying, “Pink, pink, pink.”

Reaction :

Dewi has a slightly ridiculous idea. “How about tomorrow we do not bring the
wallets? Want to say what’s trying that nosy parrot? “The next day as they passed, the parrot
loitered in his cage like bewilderment.

Coda :

Dewi and his friends started laughing because they could tease the nosy parrot. But
their laughter did not last long, because the parrot said, “Empty, empty, no money.”

Two titles of anecdote text

a. The Disastrous Smile

b. An Ice Cream that Fell Off

Terjatuh di depan got saat kau sedang senyum senyum sendiri? Oh memalukan !

Tahun lalu aku baru saja berliburan ke taman bunga, tamannya dipenuhi oleh bunga bunga
disana, namun ada banyak got di sebelah trotoar taman bunga tersebut. Keadaan disana cukup
ramai dikarenakan saya pergi dihari weekend
Awalnya semua baik baik saja, saya berjalan di trotoar dengan santai dan menikmati
pemandangan bunga bunga yang indah, namun tidak lama setelah itu tidak jauh dari saya ada
cowo yang sangat tampan, dengan begitu saya secara tersenyum kepadanya, saya terus
tersenyum kepadanya sampai saya tidak sadar saya sudah berada di dekat got, kemudian yang
terjadi adalah saya masuk got karena terus senyum menghadap pria ganteng itu!

Astaga itu sangat memalukan, karena banyak sekali orang disana dan melihat saya masuk
kedalam got, orang orang seketika mendekat termasuk pria ganteng yang saya tatap tadi.
Mereka membantu saya untuk keluar dari got. Untungnya got tersebut sedang tidak berisi air,
jadi saya tidak begitu bau. Setelah keluar dari got orang sekitar saya memandang saya dengan
tatapan kasihan.

Ketika mendapatkan tatapan seperti itu saya langsung merasa malu, namun saya senang
karena tidak ada yang menertawakan saya. Saya langsung mengajak keluarga saya untuk
pulang dari taman itu, karena rasa malu saya sudah benar benar diujung tanduk. Keluarga
saya pun setuju dan akhirnya setelah kejadian itu kami langsung pulang. Dan tentunya selama
perjalanan pulang kejadian saya jatuh selalu dibahas.