What is Spoof Text?

Spoof Text

Definition and Social Function of Spoof

Spoof is a text which tells factual story, happened in the past time with unpredictable and
funny ending. Its social function is to entertain and share the story.

Generic Structure of Spoof

1. Orientation
2. Events
3. Twist

Language Feature of Spoof

1. Focusing on people, animals or certain things
2. Using action verb; ate, ran, etc
3. Using adverb of time and place
4. Told in chronological order

Loving Money Too Much; Example of Spoof

There was a man who liked money very much. He worked all of his life and
wanted to save all of his money for his own future. He was a real miser when it
came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything.
Even, just before he died, he said to his wife; "Now listen, when I die, I want you
to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. I wanna take my money
to the afterlife." So he asked his wife to promise him with all her heart that when
he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him.
Well, one day, he really died. Then he was stretched out in the casket. The wife
was sitting there in black clothes next to her closest friend. When they finished
the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife
said "Wait just a minute!"
She had a box in her hands. She came over with the box and placed it in the
casket. After that the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away. Not
long after that, her friend said, "I hope you were not crazy enough to put all that
money in the casket."
The wife turned to her friend and replied; "Yes, because I have promised." Then
she continued; "I can't lie. I promised him that I was going to put that money in
that casket with him." Feeling shocked, her friend said; "You mean that you have
put every cent of his money in the casket with him?" Then the wife answered;
"Surely I did. I got it all together, put all the money into my account and I just
wrote him a check."

(Re-written from www.onlyfunnystories.com)

Notice on Generic structure of spoof sample

Spoof text is very similar to recount text. Both spoof and recount tell about the
past event with chronological order. Its purpose is to amuse reader with funny
story. The story mostly is ended with an unpredictable event.
The above spoof sample has generic structure as follow:
Orientation: It is the introduction of the story. By giving the orientation, reader
will recognize, for the first time, who involves in the story.The above story talks
about a wife and his husband who loves money too much even up to his death.
Events: Several events are explored in chronological way which able to arrange
the story read nicely.Promising with her money miser husband, Putting the box
inside casket, locking and rolling the casket are the events which build the
complete story.
Twist: This is the unpredictable event/thing/way which amuse the reader.
Readers even did not predict before that it would be. When reading the above
story, for the first, readers likely think that the wife would put all the money
instead of just a check

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Definisi dan Fungsi Sosial Spoof

Spoof adalah teks yang menceritakan kisah faktual, yang terjadi di masa lalu
dengan berakhir tak terduga dan lucu. Fungsi sosial adalah untuk menghibur dan
berbagi cerita.

Generik Struktur Spoof

1. Orientasi
2. Acara
3. Twist

Fitur Bahasa Spoof

1. Berfokus pada orang, binatang atau hal-hal tertentu
2. Menggunakan kata kerja tindakan; makan, lari, dll
3. Menggunakan keterangan waktu dan tempat
4. Dikatakan dalam urutan kronologis
Review Text

Definition of Review

Review is a text which presents critical analysis on events or works for readers or
public audiences.

Generic Structure of Review

1. Introduction

2. Evaluation

3. Interpretation

4. Summary

Language Feature of Review

1. Focusing on certain participants

2. Using adjectives; bad, good, etc

3. Using complex clauses

4. Using metaphor

Review Teks

Definisi Review
Review adalah sebuah teks yang menyajikan analisis kritis pada peristiwa atau
bekerja untuk pembaca atau khalayak umum.

Generik Struktur Review

1. Pengantar
2. Evaluasi
3. Interpretasi
4. Ringkasan

Bahasa Fitur Review

1. Berfokus pada peserta tertentu
2. Menggunakan kata sifat, buruk, baik, dll
3. Menggunakan klausa kompleks
4. Menggunakan metafora