Kinds of Text 2

Spoof

      ►Social function spoof: to tell an event with a humorous twist.

     ►Generic structure spoof text:

v      Orientation ( who was involved, when and where was happened)

v      Events (tell what happened in a chronological order)

v      Twist (provide the funniest part of the story)

     ►Language features spoof:

v      Use of connectives (first, then, finally)

v      Use of adverbial phrases of time and place (in the garden, two days ago)

v      Use of simple past tense (he walked away from the village)

v      Example of Spoof Text:

Get lost in language

         

People says Languages connecting people all around the world, is that so? I think so .Here a story about language, you may laugh at it but it happened.

                There is western woman named Lesley, she comes from Australia. She came in to a small book store in Ubud, when she was inside , she realised that the book store is bigger that it’s look like from the out side .There was no people inside except for the fat short hair girl .The girl seem  busy with her self . She was reading a book .The girl realised Lesley’s present and turned to greet her .Lesley greeted her back and asked a question, “Excuse me, Where the Toilet is?” The girl seem confused with Lesley’s question, she couldn’t figure out what exactly Lesley mean.

The girl answered, “Sorry Mom, you can find it in front .I will show you where it is.” Lesley followed the girl , now it’s Lesley’s turned to fell confused .The girl wasn’t show her where the Toilet is , but she show her where the Twilight book is .The girl asked, “ Is this what you mean Mom ? “ Lesley laugh and said, “Oh Girl, I don’t know what Twilight is, as my question is where the Toilet is, T , O , I , L , E , T ( she spelled the words). “ The girl was ashamed, “Sorry Mom, i thought you asked me about Twilight. I think i am really into this book, till i misunderstood your question.”

“Don’t worry girl, the words is nearly same, so could you tell me where the Toilet is?” seduce Lesley .Both of them laugh.

See ...!!!! What i mean by getting lost in language .let’s read the next writing.

After finishing her shift at the book store , she walked home carrying some books with her .On the way to her house, she met with Lesley, obviously, their house was in the same direction .both of them walked together and had a chat.” Do you read lot girl? You look like really into the book.”  “I don’t think so. I just read when i have spare time or when there is no guest at the book store. When i was high school i used to read a lot .I could find many books in my school library ,here  I hardly find library where i can borrow book, though there are some book store , but i can’t  afford to buy it . It is really expensive.”

Lesley grin and says, “So you are kind of book worm, aren’t you?”  “Pardon me .What is that suppose to mean? “ Asked the girl. “Well, how do you call person who really loves reading? We called them as a book worm,” explained Lesley. The girl tried to absorb the information and laugh, “Oh ..Oh .... So is that the right word for that person .I keep looking in dictionary for the English word of Kutu Buku. It is Indonesian word for book worm, but i used to call them as book bug, because i couldn’t find the right word.” Girl ..... You were so funny, book bug....haha such an interesting word, huh...!!! The two of them laughed.

That is it about the story. It will really interesting if i can make you laugh with the story.

(Originally Created by Mela Tustiawati)