A spoof text is a factual story that ends humorously, aiming to amuse readers by sharing genuine experiences with unpredictable conclusions. Its structure includes an orientation, chronological events, and a twist, while typically focusing on people or animals and utilizing action verbs in the past tense. An example scenario involves three friends climbing a mountain, where unexpected comedic mishaps occur during their adventure.

2. What is a
spoof text ??

3. Definition and social function
Generic structure
Language of feature
Example

4. DEFINITION
Spoof is a text which tells factual
story, happened in the past time
with unpredictable and funny
ending.
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5. • Its social function to share with others a real
story of
• which the ending is funny to amuse the
• audience or readers.

6. • . Generic Structure of Spoof
• 1. Orientation (introduction of the participant
of the story , where it happen and when. By
giving the orientation, reader will recognize
the story)
• 2. Events (tells about the chronological of the
story. Several events are explored in
chronological way which able to arrange the
story read nicely. authors recount the events
in the story,the events narrated is still
reasonable.)
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• 3. Twist (an unpredictable plot in the end of
the story which amuse the reader. Readers
even did not predict before that it would be)
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7. Language Feature of Spoof
1. Focusing on people, animals or
certain things
2. Using action verb; ate, ran, etc
3. Using adverb of time (past tense)
and place .Example : yesterday
4. Told in chronological order.
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8. Ian, Marto and Harsya have climbed the mountain. The roads to
the mountain pass was very slippery because of rain. Even
they are walking carefully, on their way to the mount, Ian got
slipped and fell to the cliff. Marto threw the rope to helping
Ian.
“Ian, hold this rope! I will pull up you!” shouted Marto.
“I can’t… Both of my arms are broken!” answer Ian.
“Ok, bite the rope!” said Marto.
After Ian bite that rope, Marto and Harsya pull up Ian steeply.
Finally Ian can reach the edge of cliff. Harsya, who worried
with his friend, asked Ian when Ian still biting the rope.
“Your head are okay, Ian?” asked Harsya.
“Yes, Harsya!” answer Ian.
Then Ian fell again to the cliff

9. Orientation : Ian, Marto and Harsya… the rope
to helping Ian.
Event 1 : “Ian, hold this rope! … said Marto.
Event 2 : After Ian bite… “No, Harsya!” answer
Ian.
Twist : Then Ian fell again to the cliff.