College Composition / Unit 17 CMP 0404 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Examples and Anecdotes
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The idea
An example illustrates an idea; an anecdote is a short narrative about a specific person or event.
In practice
An anecdote about one student working long hours to stay in school makes a problem concrete in a way statistics alone cannot.
Where people slip
One anecdote shows that something can happen, not how often it happens.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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