Spoof Text

What is Spoof? 

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.

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Penguin in the Park :

Generic Structure Analysis

Orientation;introducing participants: "He" and Penguin. They were in the park

Event1; The man tended to take the penguin to the park

Event; 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.

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".