Nama Kelompok:
M.Mirin
Dorotia
Otok Prianus
Jaeroh Dwi M.s
Kelas XI IPS 2
SPOOF
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; is a opening part which tells us the issue or the problem that
will be solved or told in the story. Orientation gives us the important thing
about the characters and their problems.
2. Events;
parts where the story explained into paragraphs that linked each other. Events
are not limited into one or two scene or act. Events also adds more specific
problems that happened, explains how the problems raise, and the dilema.
3. Twist;
will be explained in the next page. Twist can only be found in spoof texts.
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.
What is twist?
This question is likely to answer what is the difference between narrative text
and spoof. However, according to wikipedia, a twist ending is a plot twist
occurring near or at the conclusion of a story, an unexpected conclusion to a
work of fiction that causes the audience to reevaluate the narrative or
characters.There are three common types of twisting ending.
Humorous Twist
Many stories have twist with a happy, amusing, or heartwarming ending. It is funny
and makes reade amused. Humorous twist ending sometime is called Lighthearted
twist.
Ironic Twist
Stories with a twist or surprise at the end do not necessarily have to have
ahappy ending. Many have been written that have an ironic twist. This ironic
twist ending often reveal something about the darker side of human nature. In
other word ironic twist is tragic.
Misconception Twist
A narrator who has incorrect information built around their own perception of
events that they pass along can build an unpredictable ending. The ghost who
doesn’t know he or she has died, the robot who feels human emotions, the
narrator who does not know they are a mannequin in a store are some ways to
create a twist based on faulty or withheld information.
A spoof text is amusing. It is really
entertaining as well as educating. A spoof text can be very simalar to
NARRATIVE, RECOUNT or even NEWS ITEM. All are mostly composed in PAST TENSES
mode. A spoof text is arranged in the generic structure of ORIENTATION, EVENTS,
and TWIST. Because of this TWIST (an unpredictable ending), the
story seems very funny. Take a look on the following example of spoof text!
Story 1. What time is it?
A tramp lie down and sleep in the park. He had been sleeping for about 5
minutes when a couple walked by. The man stopped, woke the tramp up , and asked
him, "Excuse me. Do you know what the time is?" The tramp replied,
"I'm sorry - I don't have a watch, so I don't know the time."The man
apologized for waking the tramp and the couple walked away.
The tramp lay down again, and after a few minutes went back to sleep. Just
then, a woman, who was out walking her dog, shook the tramp's shoulder until he
woke up again.
The woman said, "I'm sorry to trouble you, but I'm afraid I've lost my watch - do you happen to know the time?" The tramp was a little annoyed at being woken up again, but he politely told the woman that he didn't have a watch and didn't know the time.
The woman said, "I'm sorry to trouble you, but I'm afraid I've lost my watch - do you happen to know the time?" The tramp was a little annoyed at being woken up again, but he politely told the woman that he didn't have a watch and didn't know the time.
After the woman had gone, the tramp had an idea. He opened the bag that
contained all his possessions and got out a pen, a piece of paper and some
string. On the paper, he wrote down, 'I do not have a watch. I do not know the
time'. He then hung the paper round his neck and eventually dropped off again.
After about 15 minutes, a
policeman who was walking through the park noticed the tramp asleep on the
bench, and the sign around his neck.
He woke the tramp up and said, "I read your sign. I thought you'd like
to know that it's2:30 p.m."
Generic
Structure Analysis
Orientation
: a tramp sleep in the park.
Event 1 : a
couple walk by and ask him the time, but he doesn’t know it
because he doesn’t
have watch.
Event 2 : a
woman walk with her dog and ask him about the time, politely he
say that he doesn’t know it.
Event 3
: the tramp get an idea to write down 'I do not have a watch. I do not
know the
time' so people will stop ask him about the time and won’t
disturb him.
Twister : a
policeman was misunderstood, he wake up the tramp and then tell
him about the time.
This is another example of spoof text. This story is funny,
humorous, and twisting. The story has unpredictable ending through organizing
the tricky plot. Take a look!
Story 2. The
Perfect Husband?
Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cell phone on a bench
rings and a man engages the hands-free speaker function and begins to talk.
Everyone else in the room stops to listen.
Man
:
"Hello."
Woman
: "Honey, it's me. Are you at the club?"
Man
:
"Yes."
Woman
: "I'm
at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat. It's
only $1,000. Is it OK if I buy it?"
only $1,000. Is it OK if I buy it?"
Man
:
"Sure, go ahead if you like it that much."
Woman
: "I
also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2007
models. I saw one I really liked."
models. I saw one I really liked."
Man
: "How
much?"
Woman
:
"$80,000."
Man
: "OK,
but for that price I want it with all the options."
Woman
: "Great! Oh, and one more thing. The house we wanted last year is
back on the market. They're asking
$950,000."
Man
:
"Well, then go ahead and give them an offer, but just offer
$900,000."
Woman
: "OK. I'll see you later! I love you!"
Man
: "Bye,
I love you, too."
The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are looking at him in
astonishment. Then he smiles and asks: "Anyone know whose phone
is???!!!"
Generic Structure Analysis
Orientation : a cell phone in the bench inside of
the golf club’s locker room rings, a
man engages the hands-free speaker function and begins to talk so that
everyone else in the room stops to listen.
Events
: conversation happened between the man and a woman in the phone,
the woman asks much money to spend for what she wants, and the man
just agreed her wishes.
Twist
: at the end of their conversation, all man look at the “perfect” man in
astonishment, but the man smile and ask, “Anyone know whose phone
is?”
Reading a spoof text can be very interesting as it
has an unpredictable plot of the story. There will be a tricky
"arrangement". As we build understanding of the plot to certain
condition, a spoof text will be ended with a special contradictory ending.
Bellow is another example of spoof text.
Story 3. Honey, What's For Supper?
An elderly gentleman of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. So one
day he called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked.
The Doctor made an appointment for a hearing test in two weeks, and meanwhile
there's a simple informal test the husband could do to give the doctor some
idea of the state of her problem.
“Here's what you do,” said the doctor. “Start out about 40 feet away from her,
and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, go
to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.”
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he's in the living
room. He says to himself, “I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens.”
Then in a normal tone he asks, “Honey, what's for supper?”
No response.
So the husband moved to the other end of the room, about 30 feet from his wife
and repeats, “Honey, what's for supper?”
Still no response.
Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and
asks, “Honey, what's for supper?”
Again he gets no response.
So he walks up to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. “Honey, what's for
supper?”
Again there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what's for supper?”
“Damn it Earl, for the fifth time, CHICKEN!”
Generic
Structure Analysis
Orientation : An elderly gentleman feared his
wife was getting hard of hearing so
he called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing
checked, and the doctor gave him a simple informal test.
Events
: he did what the doctor told him, he ask his wife, “honey, what's for
supper?”
from about 40 feet until 10 feet away. But he got no response.
Twist
: until he came right behind her, finally he got answered, “Damn it
Earl, for
the fifth time, CHICKEN!” how ironic that he’s the one who
got the hearing problem.
Story 4. A Smart Potato Farmer
A potato farmer was sent to to prison just at time when he should have been
digging the ground for planting the new crop of potatoes.
He realized that his wife would not be strong enough to do the digging by
herself, but that she could manage to do the planting, and he also knew that he
did not have any friends or neighbors who would be willing to do the digging
for him. So he wrote a letter to his wife which said “Please do not dig the
potato field. I hide the money and the gun there.”
Ten days later, he got a letter from his wife. It said, “I think somebody is
reading your letter before they go out of prison. Some policeman arrived here
two days ago and dug up the whole field. What shall I do now?”
The prisoner wrote back at once. “Plant the potatoes, of course!”
Generic
Structure Analysis
Orientation : A potato farmer was sent to to
prison just at time when he should
have been
digging the ground for planting the new crop of potatoes.
Event
: he realized that his wife would not be strong enough to do the digging
by herself, but she could manage to do the planting. With no-one to
help him digging, he wrote a letter that said “Please do not dig the
potato field. I hide the money and the gun there.”
Twist
: he got a letter from his wife that told him that the police dug up the
whole field,
he wrote back a letter that said “Plant the potatoes, of
course!”
Story 5. 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".
Analyzing
the Text
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.
Language
Feature Analysis
Focusing on certain certain participants; He, penguin, policeman.
Using action verb; carry, walk up.
Using adverb of time and place; once, in the park.
Told in chronological order; chronological order by days, the next day
Story 6. Private Conversation
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very
interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting
behind me. They were talking very loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear
the actors. I turned around. I looked at the man and the young woman angrily.
They did not pay any attention.
In the end, I could not bear it. I turned around again. “I could not hear a
word” I said angrily.
“It’s none of your business” the young man said rudely. “This is a private
conversation”
Generic Structure Analysis
Orientation : introducing a writes as point of
view “I” which is in a theatre last
week.
Event 1 : the
other theatregoers, young man and young woman, were talking
noisily.
Event 2 : the
writer used physical language by turning around to the young man
and young woman talk to not to make noisy.
Event 3
: the writer used verbal language by saying “I could not hear a word”.
Twister : the
young man misunderstood the writer’s word and said; “It’s none
of your business. It’s a private conversation”.
Story 7. Nasreddin’s Coat
One day Nasreddin had been invited to the dinner party. He went to the party by
wearing old clothes.
When he arrived in the party, nobody looked at him and nobody gave him a seat.
He got no food in the party so he went home and change his clothes. Next he put
on his best clothes. He wore his newest coat and went to the party again. The
host at once got up and came to meet him. The host offered him the best table
and gave him a good seat and served him the best food.
Nasreddin sat and put off his coat. He put his coat and said; “Eat the food,
Coat!” the hosts and guests were very surprised and asked Nareddin; “What are
you doing?” Nasreddin replied calmly; “When I came here with my old clothes,
nobody looked at me.
Then I went home and put on my best clothes. I came back in my newest coat
and you all give me this best food and drink. So, you give food to my coat
instead of me”. Getting Nasreddin's answer, they just shook the head.
Generic Structure Analysis
Orientation : one day, Nasreddin was invited to a
dinner party.
Event 1 : He
was in the party with his old cloth.
Event 2 : He
was in the party with his best newest coat.
Twist
: Among the hosts and guests, he asked his coat to eat the served food.
Soon after he left college, Dave found one of his uncles who was very rich and
had no children of his own died and left him a lot of money, so he decided to
set up his own real estate agency.
Dave found a nice office. He bought some new furniture and moved in. he had
only been there for e few hours when he heard someone coming toward the door of
his office.
“It must be
my first customer,” Dave thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and
pretended to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York
who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.
The man knocked at the door while this was going on. He came in and waited
politely for Dave to finish his conversation on the phone. Then the man said to
Dave; “I am from the telephone company and I was sent here to connect your
telephone.”
Notes on the Spoof’s Generic Structure
Orientation : Dave was a lucky man. He
suddenly became a very rich man because
of the death of his rich uncle who had no children. He inherited his
uncle’s money.
Event 1 :
Being rich, he wanted to set up his estate company.
Event 2 : He
had his new office. In his office, he pretended to be a very
successful
businessman. He acted as had an important client. He
showed by making conversation on the phone.
Twist
: The man whom he showed is a telephone technician. He came to
Dave’s
office to connect that phone.
Story 9. Loving Money Too Much
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."
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.
Story 10.
It’s Time to Go to School!
Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son. "Wake up, son.
It's time to go to school!"
"But why, Mom? I don't want to go."
"Give me two reasons why you don't want to go."
"Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me, too!"
"Oh, that's no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get
ready."
"Give me two reasons why I should go to school."
"Well, for one, you're 52 years old. And for another, you're the
Principal!"
Generic
Structure Analysis
Orientation : a mother wake up her son to go to
school, but her son don’t want it.
Events
: they are keep arguing each other, her son said that two reasons why
he don’t want to go, first the kids hate him and also the teacher.
Twist
: her mother also give two reasons why he must go, first he’s 52 years
old and also he is the principal.
Note on Spoof Text
A funny story is always interesting. It really
amuses reader. This amusement is actually the main function of spoof text.
How spoof text tries to amuse the reader is
actually including in the way it is structured. We all know that SPOOF text is
built with generic structure of ORIENTATION, EVENTS ant TWIST. Two phases in
the first are commonly found in the other text genres.
Recount text, for example, has the structures of
orientation and events too to hold the reader’s interest. However the end of
the story is what makes spoof text differ from recount text.
From the above example, we see clearly that the end of the story is really
amusing and that we call TWIST which is the heart of spoof text.
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