Type of text

Spoof Text

Spoof text is a text which tells factual story, happened in the past time with unpredictable and funny ending. The stories are normal in the beginning and at the end have a funny twist that makes you laugh. Spoof text is very similar to recount text. Both spoof and recount tell about the past event with chronological order.

The Purpose

To entertain or amuse the reader with humorous story

The Generic Structure

• Orientation: provides an introduction to the characters, setting, settings etc..

• Events: tell the events chronologically

• Twist: the humorous part of the story, put usually at the end of the story ( Humorous Twist, ironic twist,  misconception Twist)

Language features

• Focusing on people, animals or certain things

• Using action verb; ate, ran, etc

• Using adverb of time and place

• Using the Past Tense; was, were, did, etc

• Told in chronological order.

• The use of adverbial phrase of time and place (in the garden, two days ago)

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”.

Nasreddin's coat

One day Nasreddin had been invited to the dinner party. He went to the party by wearing old clothes.

When he arrived in the party, nobody looked at him and nobody gave him a seat. He got no food in the party so he went home and change his clothes

Next he put on his best clothes. He wore his newest coat and went to the party again. The host at once got up and came to meet him. The host offered him the best table and gave him a good seat and served him the best food

Nasreddin sat and put off his coat. He put his coat and said; “Eat the food, Coat!” the hosts and guests were very surprised and asked Nareddin; “What are doing?” Nasreddin replied calmly; “When I came here with my old clothes, nobody looked at me. Then I went home and put on my best clothes. I came back in my newest coat and you all give me this best food and drink. So, you give food to my coat instead of me”. Getting Nasreddin’s answer, they just shook the head.

It’s Time to Go to School!

Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son. “Wake up, son. It’s time to go to school!”

“But why, Mom? I don’t want to go.”

“Give me two reasons why you don’t want to go.”

“Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me, too!”

“Oh, that’s no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get ready.”

“Give me two reasons why I should go to school.”

“Well, for one, you’re 52 years old. And for another, you’re the Principal!”

Anecdote

Anecdote is a text which retells funny and unusual incidents in fact or imagination. Its purpose is to entertain the readers. 

The purpose

to share/retell with others an account of an unusual, funny or amusing incident in fact or imagination. 

Generic Structure

•  Abstract: Signals the retelling of unusual, uncommon or amusing incident

• Orientation: Introduction or sets the scene

• Crisis: Provides details of unusual, uncommon or amusing incident

•   Incident: Reaction to the crisis

•  CODA (Optional): A reflection or an evaluation of unusual, uncommon or amusing

Language Features

• Using exclamation word: It’s awful!, what a bad day!, a very strange incident!

•   Using imperative: Listen, let’s read this story

• Using rhetoric question: do you what?, what do you like to do when you make wrong thing

•  Using action verb: go, write, stand, speak, so on

• Using conjunction of time: then, afterwards, before, after, ever since, while, so on

• Using simple past tense

Taking the wrong assumption? This is very abashed. Actually I was so embarrassed about this incident. I think many people will laugh when they know it.

One day my brother and I were watching television at home. suddenly there were many people brought many chairs from my neighbor’s house and I saw it. At that moment I was afraid and I said to my father about this incident. My father run and said, “Thief…thief…thief…. catch them!” but suddenly he stopped. In fact the people were not thieves because one of them is my uncle. My father said to me, “Oh … no Hen, He is your uncle. it is terrible”.

After that my father chatted with my uncle. I was so embarrassed to them. I was not brave to go out. Then my father talked to me. I just laughed and was afraid. My mother laughed after listening this story and she told me, “That is funny, Henny”.

When I meet my uncle, I feel shy to him because I always remember this incident. I hope my uncle forget it and I will not be shy anymore.

This experience was so funny in my life. I take the wrong assumption about someone whom I called as a thief. May be because of night, I could not see clearly. I always remember it and I do not forget it. I think this experience can be a lesson for me.