Before revision: An anecdote is a brief, revealing account of an individual person or an incident:Oxford Dictionary's definition of an anecdote "a story with a point," such as to communicate an abstract idea about a person, place, or thing through the concrete details of a short narrative or to characterize by delineating a specific quirk or trait.
After revision: An anecdote is a brief, reveaount of an individual person or an incident:Oxford Dictionary's definition of an anecdote "a story with a point," such as to communicate an abstract idea about a person, place, or thing through the concrete details of a short narrative or to characterize by delineating a specific quirk or trait.