Spoof Text - Penjelasan & ContohSpoof text adalah salah satu jenis teks yang dianggap paling menyenangkan untuk dipelajari. Dengan adanya Spoof text, setidaknya siswa yang selalu cemberut saat belajar bahasa Inggris bisa terobati. Coba tanyakan pada kawan anda, adakah siswa yang “sangat membenci” pelajaran bahasa Inggris? Saya pastikan, “ADA”. Lah, seorang Nabi saja banyak yang benci, apalagi sebatas bahasa Inggris. Namun, dengan hadirnya materi belajar spoof text ini, semoga saja berangsur-angsur kebencian ini bisa berganti menjadi rasa cinta. Spoof text adalah salah satu jenis teks bahasa Inggris yang isinya mengenai cerita lucu. Siapa sih yang tidak tersenyum jika ada hal yang bersifat lucu? Orang stress aja kali ya? Jika narrative text cenderung menceritakan suatu kisah dengan berbagai permasalahan yang harus dipecahkan; dan jika recount text lebih condong menceritakan kegiatan seseorang dalam urutan waktu tertentu, spoof text masih berbeda dengan dengan kedua teks tersebut. Apa sih? Untuk lebih jelasnya, mari pelajari daftar isi pelajaran spoof text di bawah ini : 1. 2. 3. 4. Pengertian / Definisi Spoof Text Generic Structure of Spoof Text Contoh Spoof Text - Absence Contoh Spoof Text - Sam Ting Wong DEFINISI SPOOF TEXT Disebutkan dalam Cambridge Advance Learner's Dictionary Online, ada dua makna spoof. Pertama, sebagai kata benda, spoof bermakna, "a funny and silly piece of writing, music, theatre, etc. that copies the style of an original work". Sedang kedua, spoof sebagai kata kerja, bermakna, "to try to make someone believe in something that is not true, as a joke." Dari kedua arti spoof di atas, dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengertian spoof text adalah sebuah teks yang berisi tentang humor meski sebagian teksnya sudah dimodifikasi dari aslinya. GENERIC STRUCTURE OF SPOOF TEXT Generic Structure (Susunan umum) dalam spoof text adalah : 1. Orientation, berisi pengenalan tokoh, latar, setting dll. 2. Events, berisi peristiwa atau kejadian 3. Twist, ending cerita (akhir cerita yang dianggap lucu, kadang tidak terduga) apalagi mengarang sendiri. happened in the past time with unpredictable and funny ending. ran. . Ya. Focusing on people.. Events 3. Sedang untuk twist. untuk memahami twist. Twist Language Feature of Spoof 1. Using action verb. Sebab biasanya sangat sulit memperkirakan. kita membutuhkan selera humor tinggi hingga kita mampu mencerna apa dibalik kelucuan yang terkandung dalam twist ini. Using adverb of time and place 4.Penjelasan mengenai orientation dan event sudah sering dibahas. animals or certain things 2. "apa sih bagian lucunya?" What is Spoof? Spoof Text-Definition and Social Function of Spoof Spoof is a text which tells factual story. Its social function is to entertain and share the story. Told in chronological order. Generic Structure of Spoof 1. etc 3. bagi seorang yang belum terbiasa menulis cerita lucu mungkin sangat sulit. orientation dan event tidak jauh berbeda dengan yang ada dalam narrative dan recount.. ate. khususnya pada pelajaran narrative text dan recount text. Orientation 2. untuk memahami twist saja sudah sulit. Dalam spoof text pun. Dave found a nice office. He acted as had an important client. Dave found one of his uncles who was very rich and had no children of his own died and left him a lot of money. . The man knocked at the door while this was going on. he pretended to be a very successful businessman. Twist: The man whom he showed is a telephone technician. he had only been there for e few hours when he heard someone coming toward the door of his office. He suddenly became a very rich man because of the death of his rich uncle who had no children. He bought some new furniture and moved in. example of spoof Soon after he left college. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country. he wanted to set up his estate company Event 2: He had his new office. He showed by making conversation on the phone. “It must be my first customer” Dave thought. “I am from the telephone company and I was sent here to connect your telephone” Notes on the Spoof’s Generic Structure Orientation: Dave was a lucky man. Event 1: Being rich. He inherited his uncle’s money. In his office. Then the man said to Dave.“That Phone is Off” . so he decided to set up his own real estate agency. He came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation on the phone. He came to Dave’s office to connect that phone. When reading the above story. for the first." (Re-written from www. The story mostly is ended with an unpredictable event. He worked all of his life and wanted to save all of his money for his own future. "Yes. By giving the orientation. I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. he said to his wife. the wife said "Wait just a minute!" She had a box in her hands. who involves in the story. one day. just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket. After that the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away. just before he died. Readers even did not predict before that it would be. "I can't lie. "Now listen. Events: Several events are explored in chronological way which able to arrange the story read nicely. Both spoof and recount tell about the past event with chronological order. her friend said. Its purpose is to amuse reader with funny story. she would put all the money in the casket with him. He was a real miser when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything. put all the money into my account and I just wrote him a check."Loving Money Too Much" Contoh / Example of Spoof There was a man who liked money very much. Well. "Surely I did. I got it all together. he really died. "You mean that you have put every cent of his money in the casket with him?" Then the wife answered." So he asked his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died.com) Notice on Generic structure of spoof sample Spoof text is very similar to recount text. Not long after that. Putting the box inside casket." The wife turned to her friend and replied. for the first time." Feeling shocked. Twist: This is the unpredictable event/thing/way which amuse the reader. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him. reader will recognize. locking and rolling the casket are the events which build the complete story.onlyfunnystories. When they finished the ceremony. her friend said. Then he was stretched out in the casket.Promising with her money miser husband. I wanna take my money to the afterlife. because I have promised. The above spoof sample has generic structure as follow: Orientation: It is the introduction of the story. readers likely think that the wife would put all the money instead of just a check Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook ." Then she continued. She came over with the box and placed it in the casket. "I hope you were not crazy enough to put all that money in the casket.The above story talks about a wife and his husband who loves money too much even up to his death. Even. when I die. The wife was sitting there in black clothes next to her closest friend. " "At what?" The sergeant continued. he saw a man on horseback standing on the huge rocky cliff. "Yes. Carter was joined by a Union sergeant. "Did you fire?" The sergeant whispered. When the United States was divided by a terrible civil war. Carter was sent to guard." One sunny afternoon. He was a southerner. Carter decided to join the Union Army of the north." "Who? " The sergeant kept asking. "A horse" "Was there anyone on the horse?" The sergeant asked again. "My father. He told his father about his decision to join the north army. be sure you always do what you think is your duty." .Horseman In The Sky Carter Druse was born in Virginia. Suddenly. No matter what happens. He held a gun in his right hand. Carter was calm as he pulled the trigger. Carter pointed his gun. "Carter. His father looked deep into his son's eyes. Soon after firing his gun. "Yes. and the horse's reins in the other. It was his duty to be sure that no enemy soldier spied on. Unavoidably. “Here's what you do. only 10 feet away.” said the doctor. CHICKEN!” . So he walks up to the kitchen door. “Start out about 40 feet away from her. “Honey. So the husband moved to the other end of the room. He says to himself. for the fifth time. The Doctor made an appointment for a hearing test in two weeks. and he's in the living room. and so on until you get a response. then 20 feet. “Honey. and meanwhile there's a simple informal test the husband could do to give the doctor some idea of the state of her problem. What's For Supper? An elderly gentleman of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. what's for supper?” No response. let's see what happens.” That evening. “Honey. what's for supper?” Again he gets no response. go to 30 feet. If not. the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner. what's for supper?” Again there is no response. and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. So one day he called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked. what's for supper?” “Damn it Earl.Honey. what's for supper?” Still no response. about 30 feet from his wife and repeats. So he walks right up behind her. 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