ENGLISH (SPOOF TEXT)

Kelompok 4 :
1. Alvian Pratama Jais
2. Isri Bai’atul Wahyuni
3. Ni Made Asprianingsih
Kelas : XII IPA 8
A. 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.

B. Purpose
Purpose of the text/social, function communicative purposes of the spoof
is recounted, strange or funny events based on the even or events in real
life that aims to entertain, ussually ends with something unexpected
(twise).

C. Generic Structure of Spoof

1.Orientation; is a opening part which tells us the issue or the problem
that will be solved or told in the story.
2. Events; parts where the story explained into paragraphs that linked
each other. Events are not limited into one or two scene or act.
3. Twist; will be explained in the next page. Twist can only be found in
spoof texts.

D. Language Feature of Spoof

Using Past Tense; was, were, did, etc.
2. Using action verbs (action verb); did, went, walked, etc.
3. Using adverbs of time and place.
4. Told chronologically.
E. EXAMPLE :
Penguin in the park
Once a man was walking in a park when he across a penguin. He
took it to a policeman and said; "What should I do?" The
policeman replied; "Take it to the zoo!".
The next day, the policeman saw the man in the same park. The
man was still carrying the penguin. The policeman was rather
surprised and walked up to the man and asked; "Why are you still
carrying the penguin? Didn't you take it to the zoo?"
The man replied; "I certainly did. And it was a great idea
because the penguin really enjoyed it. So, today I am taking it to the
movie".

F. Generic Structure Analysis

 Orientation : introducing participants: "He" and Penguin. They
were in the park.
 Event 1 : The man tended to take the penguin to the park.
 Event 2 : The following day, the man were still carrying the
penguin.
 Twist : Even, finally the man would take the penguin to the
movies.

G. Conclusion
Spoof text is one type of English text is about a funny story and
use the language verb and past tense.