D. SPOOF

D. SPOOF

Purpose:

It is used to tell an odd and funny event based on the real life. Spoof is aimed at entertaining the readers and It is usually ended by an unexpected event (TWIST).

Generic Structure:

• ORIENTATION (Pengenalan): provides information about the setting (when and where) and introduces participants/character (who)
• EVENTS (Rekaman Peristiwa, kejadian atau kegiatan yang biasanya disajikan dengan urutan kronoligis): tell what happened, in temporal sequence (personal comment/expression of evaluation).
• TWIST (Unexpected Ending or Funny)

Language Features:

• Focus on person, animal, certain thing.
• Use of action verbs, e.g.: run, eat, etc.
• Using adverbs of time and place
• Use of Simple Past Tense
• Told in chronological order
• Action verbs/material processes (went, slept, ran, caught, arrived, bought, looked at) E.g. He went to the zoo; She was happy.
• Temporal sequence (on Friday, one day, at the beginning, in the end, first, then, next, before, later, finally, etc)
• EXAMPLE OF SPOOF:
  1. Penguin in the Park
  ORIENTATION: Once a man was walking in a park when he came across a   penguin.
  
  EVENT: He took him to a policeman and said, “I have just found this penguin.     What should I do ? The policeman replied, “Take him to the zoo.”
  
  EVENT: The next day the policeman saw the same man in the same park and the man was still carrying the penguin with him. The policeman was rather surprised and walked up to the man and asked, ”Why are you still carrying that penguin about ? Didn’t you take it to the zoo ?” “I certainly did, “ replied the man.
  TWIST: “and it was a great idea because he really enjoyed it, so today I’m taking him to the movies !”