The spoof text is
commonly written in story. While we are talking about a story, it will be close
related to narrative and recount text.
1. Social
function
·
To
retell events for the purpose of informing of entertaining.
2. Generic
structure
·
Orientation: provides the setting and introduce participants
·
Events: tell what happened, in what sequence
·
Twist: provides the punch line
3. Significant
·
Focus
on specific participants
·
Use
of material processes
·
Circumstances
of time and place
·
Use
of past tense
·
Focus
on temporal sequence
An elderly gentleman of 85 feared his wife was getting
hard of hearing. So one day he called her doctor to make an appointment to have
her hearing checked. The Doctor made an appointment for a hearing test in two
weeks, and meanwhile there’s a simple informal test the husband could do to
give the doctor some idea of the state of her problem.
“Here’s what you do,” said the doctor, “start out
about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal conversational speaking tone see
if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get
a response.”
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking
dinner, and he’s in the living room. He says to himself, “I’m about 40 feet
away, let’s see what happens.”
Then in a normal tone he asks, “Honey, what’s for
supper?” No response.
So the husband moved to the other end of the room, about 30 feet from his wife and repeats, “Honey, what’s for supper?” Still no response.
Next, he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks, “Honey, what’s for supper?” Again he gets no response.
So he walks up to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. “Honey, what’s for supper?” Again there is no response.
So the husband moved to the other end of the room, about 30 feet from his wife and repeats, “Honey, what’s for supper?” Still no response.
Next, he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks, “Honey, what’s for supper?” Again he gets no response.
So he walks up to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. “Honey, what’s for supper?” Again there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what’s for
supper?”
“Damn it Earl, for the fifth time, CHICKEN!”
“Damn it Earl, for the fifth time, CHICKEN!”
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