21st Century Literature

from the Philippines

and the World

Miss Alyanna R. Rabandaban

Applying ICT Skills in
Interpreting
Literary Texts
 Have you read an
anecdote?

Have you ever retold a

personal experience to
Someone?

How do you find recalling

past experiences?
❑ is a short entertaining or interesting story
about a real incident or person (Nagpal 2016

ANECDOTE
❑ tell about a variety of stories and tales, since
they can be about any topic under the sun.

ANECDOTE
❑ It is a short story about a real person or event
which usually intends to make the listeners
laugh or ponder over a topic
(Your Dictionary 2020).

ANECDOTE
 Purposes of anecdotes

To Bring Cheer. At the dinner, a Grade 11

➢ Stories pop up anywhere
and these are just learner shared his story on
sometimes making his first day at
people laugh to brighten
their mood. school when he got lost and
attended a wrong class.
 Purposes of anecdotes

To Reminisce.
➢ In most anecdotes,
people are talking about
A mother tells her children a
their experiences in the story about her life in the
past. province when she was
➢ They try to look back on
moments in their lives teenager.
and share the joy of that
time with others.
 Purposes of anecdotes

To Caution. Before beginning a lecture

Sometimes, just giving rules
on not following traffic
➢

for individuals is not

effective. rules, a father tells his son
➢ Sharing to them frightening an incident of collision that
stories of dangers can be
caused many lives due to
helpful for them to realize
the possible consequences ignoring traffic signs.
of their actions.
 Purposes of anecdotes

To Persuade or Inspire. Before beginning a remedial

Sometimes, people share
class, the teacher tells the
➢

stories on how they

surpassed their struggles in students how a boy who used
life. to struggle in reading
These, most of the time,
➢
managed to be a proficient
give encouragement to
others who have been in reader.
similar situations.