vignette
definition
a brief evocative description, account, or episode
example
The author included a beautiful vignette of her childhood summers spent at the family lake house, capturing the essence of those joyful days.
synonyms
sketchscenarioepisode
word origin — The word 'vignette' comes from the French word 'vignette', meaning 'little vine', which referred to decorative illustrations at the beginning or end of a book and later came to mean a short literary piece.