Anecdote

What is an anecdote?

• Narrative fiction

• a real and short account of an incident in someone's life

• A narrative that uses all of the senses

• An analytical essay

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is the synonym of an anecdote?

• Comparison

• Foreshadowing

• Tale

• Epigraph

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which one is NOT a purpose of an anecdote?

• To bring cheer

• To caution/warn

• To advertise

• To reminisce

What is a metaphor?

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

• Giving an object human like qualities

• Exaggeration

• figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Please name the five senses for sensory description.

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CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.8.3D

What is the structure of a anecdote?

• 1. Abstract

  2. Crisis

  3. Orientation

  4. Reflection

  5. reaction

• 1. Hook

  2. Orientation

  3. Reaction

  4. Crisis

  5. Relfection

• 1. Abstract

  2. Orientation

  3. Reaction

  4. Crisis

  5. reflection

• 1. Abstract

  2. Orientation

  3. Crisis

  4. Reaction

  5. Reflection

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.W.8.3A

CCSS.W.8.3B

Why do we use descriptive language in our anecdote writing?

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CCSS.W.8.3B

CCSS.W.8.3D

An anecdote can be...

• interesting, exciting, funny, sad.

• Boring, long and lame

• All of the above

• Funny, fake and long

Which figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Homework is a breeze," is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4