Spoof

v   Social Function / Purpose (Tujuan) :

To retell events with humorous twist for the purpose of entertaining (menceritakan kembali pengalaman seseorang dengan gaya humor untuk menghibur pembaca)

v   Generic / Schematic Structure (Urutan Kejadian/ Pembahasan):

ü  Orientation : provides the setting and introduces participants (menggambarkan tokoh, tempat,waktu)

ü  Events : tell what happened, in with sequence ( menceritakan apa yang terjadi dan dalam keadaan bagaimana sesuatu itu terjadi / rangkaian kejadian)

ü  Twist:humorous ending (akhir cerita yang lucu / tidakl terduga)

Ø  Note: a text may consist of more than one events

v   Linguistic Features ( Struktur/ Susunan Kebahasaan yang digunakan) :

ü  Focus on specific participants (fokus pada seseorang  tertentu)

ü  Use of material processes ( menggunakan kata kerja aktif)

ü  Circumstances of time and place ( menggunakan keterangan waktu dan tempat)

ü  Use of Past Tenses (menggunakan pola kalimat lampau)

ü  Focus on temporal sequences (then, after that, before, . . .)

v   Example :

Penguin in the Park

        Once a man was walking in a park  when he came across a penguin. (Orientation)

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 1)

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.( Event 2)

“And it was great idea because he really enjoyed it, so today I’m taking him to the movies!”. (Twist)