By: Roroningsih

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SPOOF TEXT

What is spoof text?

• 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 or to tell an event with a humorous twist.

Generic Structure

• Orientation: the introduction of the story (who is the character, when it happened, where it located).

• Events: several event in chronological way which able to arrange the story read nicely.

• Twist: unpredictable and funny ending.

Language Features

• The use of action verbs (e.g. walked, laughed, ran away)

• The use of connectives (e.g. first, then, finally)• The use of adverbial phrases of time and place

(e.g. in the garden, two days ago)• The use of simple past tense (e.g. He walked

away from the village)•

Abu Ali and His Donkeys

EVALUATION

1. What is the generic structure of the text? A. Orientation – Events - Twist B. Orientation – Issue - Twist C. Identification – Description D. Twist – Orientation - Steps E. Orientation – Events – Re-

orientation

2. Which is the “Twist” in the text above? A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Last paragraph E. None

3. What happened when Abu Ali count his donkeys firstly?a. He lost one of his donkeysb. His donkeys was completec. Nothing happenedd. His donkey came backe. He had a new donkey

4. What was Abu Ali do when he know one of his donkeys was lose?a. He count again from his donkeyb. He saw behind trees and rocksc. He called Musad. He jump down from his donkey and count againe. He never mind it

5. What is the character of Abu Ali?a. Smart b. Stupid c. Arrogantd. Clevere. Wise