Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often showing character of an individual

The correct answer is "Anecdote".

Key Points

The anecdote is defined as a short and interesting story, or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point, and to make the audience laugh.

• It can include an extensive range of tales and stories.
• In fact, it is a short description or an account of any event that makes the readers laugh or brood over the topic presented for the purpose.
• Their primary purpose is to stir up laughter, to disclose the truth in a general way, or to describe a feature of a character in such a way that it becomes humorous, and at the same time gives us a better understanding of the character.
• Thus, we can conclude that an anecdote is a brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often showing the character of an individual.

Additional Information

• Personification gives the characteristics of a human being to abstract ideas or things or animals - in short to non-human beings.
  • In other words, the poet speaks of something non-human as if it were a person.  
• An aside is a short comment or speech that a character delivers directly to the audience, or to himself, while other actors on the stage appear not to hear. Only the audience knows that the character has said something to them.
• Interior monologue is a narrative technique that exhibits the thoughts passing through the minds of the protagonists.