Anecdote

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 * Definition:: **An anecdote is a short, amusing or entertaining story about a single, detached incident.


 * Origin:: **From the French //anecdote//.[[image:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L_Yu9Ib46X4/SY2bGmHjphI/AAAAAAAAAEc/C7BXa8FiQT0/s400/anecdote.jpg align="right"]]

Definition taken from Oxford English Dictionary.


 * Examples ** from text:

1) In Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League," the story that Mr. Wilson tells Holmes that describes his appointment to the Red-Headed League is an example of an anecdote.

2) In "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" (script by Joss Whedon), Dr. Horrible, played by Neil Patrick Harris, fields questions from viewers of his blog.In response to a question about the "her" whom he constantly references, Dr. Horrible breaks into a song about his love and how he sees her all the time at the laundromat, while a clip showing these events plays. This is an example of an anecdote, displayed both visually and orally.

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