SPOOF TEXT

Eleventh Grade

W H AT D O YO U TH IN K ABO U T TH ESE
PICTU RES?

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

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'

EXAM PLES

Th at P h on e is O f f

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

Th e B oss an d Th e Train ee

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!

A B S EN C E
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."

R efrig erator
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: OMGnext time please check whether you are going to use the
toilet or the refrigerator

Once a Japanese came to India for sightseeing. On the

In d ian taxi
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 didnt 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

TH A N K YO U

NIDA SOFI HAITI