5. SPOOF TEXT
Spoof is a text which tells an event,
happened in the past time with a humorous
twist (unpredictable and funny ending)
The purpose of spoof text is to retell an
event with humorous twist
6. The generic structure of spoof text
▪ Orientation :Introduces characters, setting, place,
and time
▪ Events : Tells what happened
▪ Twist : Provide the punchline of the text refers the
event => punchline di sini maksudnya adalah suatu
kalimat yang menjadi letak kelucuan dari spoof text
ini atau disebut 'Point of Joke'
7. EXAMPLES “That Phone is Off”
Soon after he left college, 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, so he decided to set up his own real
estate agency. Dave found a nice office. ORIENTATION
He bought some new furniture and moved in. he had only been there for e few hours when he
heard someone coming toward the door of his office. EVENT
“It must be my first customer” Dave thought. 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. EVENT
The man knocked at the door while this was going on. He came in and waited politely for
Dave to finish his conversation on the phone. Then the man said to Dave; “I am from the
telephone company and I was sent here to connect your telephone”. TWIST
8. “The Boss and The Trainee”
A Man joined a big Multi National Company as a
trainee. On his first day he dialed the pantry and shouted into
the phone, "Get me a coffee quickly!" The voice from the
other side responded, "You fool you've dialed the wrong
extension! Do you know who you're talking to, Dumbo?"
No", replied the trainee. "It's the Managing Director of the
company, you fool!" The man shouted back, "And do you
know who YOU are talking to, you fool?" "No", replied the
Managing Director. "That's Good!", replied the trainee and
put down the phone!
9. “ABSENCE”
One day Joe's Mother got angry because her son got a low mark
on English test. "Why did you get such a low mark on that test?"
Asked mother angrily. Asked by his angry mother, Joe just kept silent
and went out. A few moment, Joe came back home and met his
mother again. His mother asked the same question. Joe answered
steadily, "Because of absence.“ "You mean you were absent on the
day of the test?" Mother wondered. Joe replied, "No, but the kid who
sits next to me was."
10. “Refrigerator”
One husband came home drunk in the night. He needed use the
toilet as soon as he got to the house. Then he did it and went to sleep.
Next day he woke up and went to his wife…
Husband: Darling, yesterday I felt something different when I was
using the toilet. The door of the toilet has to be pulled. And also there
was an automatic light when I opened the door…
His wife thought for a while and went to check…
Wife: OMG…next time please check whether you are going to use the
toilet or the refrigerator…
11. “Indian taxi”
Once a Japanese came to India for sightseeing. On the last day,
he hired a taxi and asked the driver to take him to the airport.
On the way, a Toyota car passed them very fast, the Japanese yelled
“Toyota” made in Japan very fast. Then the Mitsubishi passed, the
Japanese again yelled “Mitsubishi” made in Japan very fast. On the
3rd time, he yelled again when he saw another Japanese car.
The taxi driver got angry but he didn’t say anything.
When they reached the airport, the taxi driver asked a charge of 800
rupees.The Japanese exclaimed: “What! That is too much.”
The Indian driver yelled back loudly: Meter, made in India, very, very
fast!
