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Spoof Text: Definition, Generic Structure, LanguageFeatures, and Example
Definition:
Spoof text is a text which tells the events of the pastwith an unexpected ending and funny.
Purpose:
To entertain the readers with funny story.
Generic Structures:
1. Orientation:Introduction of the participant of the story, where it happens and when ithappens. By giving the orientation, reader will recognize the story.
2. Events:Tells about the chronological of the story. Several events are explored inchronological way which able to arrange the story read nicely.
3. Twist:An unpredictable plot in the end of the story which amuse the reader. Readerseven didn’t predict before that it would be.
Language Features:
1. Focusingon individual participant like as people, animals or certain things
2. Usingpast sentence
3. Usingaction verb (ate, ran, was walking, etc.)
4. Theuse of adverbial phrase of time and place (in the garden, two days ago)
5. Toldin chronological order
6. Useof direct speech or indirect speech for the dialogues
7. Theuse of connective (first, then, finally)
Example:
Green Pink and Yellow
Can you name the colors in English? Yes, you’re right.Blue, red, yellow, and so on. By the way, I have funny story about the colors.Do you want to hear it? Okay, listen to me carefully.
Oneday, an English teacher was explaining about colors to his students.
Afterhe had finished explaining, he asked his students. “Who can make a sentenceusing the words green, pink, and yellow?”
Kristhe cleverest student in the class, quickly raised up his hand and answered, “whenthe yellow morning sun comes, I see a beautiful girl wearing a pink dresswalking through the green grass”.
“Great!Kris, you are a very good student.” said the teacher.
“Me, me, sir” Niel, the most stupidstudent in the class said while rising his hand. And the said, “I heard thetelephone was ringing green …… green, then I pink up the receiver and I said“Yellow, who’s speaking there?”
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