SPOOF TEXT

A. Pengertian Spoof Text

Selain Narrative Text, Recount Text, dan Anecdote Text, Spoof Text juga termasuk ke dalam golongan
Narration (lihat Jenis Teks Bahasa Inggris, Types of Text), yang tentunya menceritakan kejadian di masa
lampau dengan akhir yang lucu dan tidak disangka-sangka.

B. Tujuan Komunikatif Spoof Text

Untuk menghibur pembaca atau pendengar dari cerita yang dibacakan.

C. Struktur Kebahasaan Spoof Text

Terdapat tiga jenis struktur kebahasaan yang dimiliki oleh Spoof Text, yaitu:
1. Orientation
Orientation adalah bagian di mana penulis memulai memperkenalkan cerita.
2. Events
Events yaitu bagian di mana penulis menceritakan kejadian-kejadian dalam cerita tersebut tetapi kejadian
yang diceritakan masih kejadian yang wajar.
3. Twist
Twist merupakan bagian teks yang mana menceritakan kebalikan dari kejadian-kejadian wajar di bagian
Events. Twist merupakan bagian akhir dari Spoof Text yang menceritakan kejadian akhir lucu dan tidak
disangka-sangka sebelumnya.

D. Ciri Kebahasaan Spoof Text

Terdapat beberapa ciri kebahasaan Spoof Text yang bisa membedakan dengan Jenis Teks Bahasa Inggris
(Types of Text) yang lainnya, yaitu:
1. Menggunakan Past Tense; was, were, did, etc.
2. Menggunakan kata kerja aksi (action verb); did, went, walked, etc.
3. Menggunakan kata keterangan waktu dan kata keterangan tempat.
4. Diceritakan secara kronologis.

LATIHAN SOAL

PASSAGE 1
A SMART FARMER POTATO

A potato farmer was sent to to prison just at time when he should have been digging the ground for planting
the new crop of potatoes.
He realized that his wife would not be strong enough to do the digging by herself, but that she could manage
to do the planting, and he also knew that he did not have any friends or neighbors who would be willing to do the
digging for him. So he wrote a letter to his wife which said Please do not dig the potato field. I hide the money and
the gun there.
Ten days later, he got a letter from his wife. It said, I think somebody is reading your letter before they go
out of prison. Some policeman arrived here two days ago and dug up the whole field. What shall I do now?
The prisoner wrote back at once. Plant the potatoes, of course!.

1. Where Is the Event 1? 3. What Is The Farmer Think To digging the

a. Paragraph 1 ground for planting the new crop of potatoes?
b. Paragraph 2 a. He Wrote a message To His Wife
c. Paragraph 3 b. He Send Email To His Wife
d. Paragraph 4 c. She a message To Her Husband
d. She Send Email To Her Husband
2. What Is The Farmer wrote to his wife
a. Please dig the potato field. I hide the money 4. What is The Police do after read that message?
and the gun there. a. The Police Send a message
b. Please do not dig the potato field. I hide the b. The Police Not digging a farmer ground
money and the gun there. c. The Police arrest the farmer wife
c. Please do not dig the potato field. I hide the d. The Police digging a farmer ground
money there.
d. Please do not dig the potato field. I hide the
gun there.
5. What farmers wife do after the police digging
their ground?
a. Plant the carrots
b. not Plant the potatoes
c. Plant the potatoes
d. Plant the Garlics

THE BLONDE AND THE LAWYER

A blonde and a lawyer are seated next to each other on a flight from LA to NY.
The lawyer asks if she would like to play a fun game.
The blonde, tired, just wants to take a nap, politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.
The lawyer persists and explains that the game is easy and a lot of fun.
He explains, "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5.00, and vise versa."
Again, she declines and tries to get some sleep. The lawyer, now agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer
you pay me $5.00, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500.00."
This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the
game. The lawyer asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn't say a
word, reaches into her purse, pulls out a $5.00 bill and hands it to the lawyer. "Okay" says the lawyer, "your turn."
She asks the lawyer, "What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four legs?" The lawyer, puzzled, takes
out his laptop computer and searches all his references, no answer. He taps into the air phone with his modem and
searches the net and the library of congress, no answer. Frustrated, he sends e-mails to all his friends and coworkers,
to no avail. After an hour, he wakes the blonde, and hands her $500.00.
The blonde says, "Thank you", and turns back to get some more sleep.
The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, what's the answer?" Without a word,
the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5.00, and goes back to sleep.

1. The story tells us about lawyer could not answer her question, he
a. A plane which a blonde and a lawyer took. paid her $5.00.
b. A lawyer who played a game with a blonde. e. If the lawyer could not answer her question,
c. A lawyer who bet on something with a he paid her $500.00. If the blonde could not
blonde. answer his question, she did not have to pay
d. A blonde who was tricked by a lawyer. him.
e. A blonde who lost her money.
4. How much money did the blonde benefit from
2. What did the lawyer want to play with the the game?
blonde? a. $5.00
a. hide and seek b. $50.00
b. chicken limbo c. $500.00
c. jump rope d. $510.00
d. guessing game e. $490.00
e. scrabble
5. Who was cleverer, the blonde or the lawyer?
3. What was the rule of the game finally? a. the blonde
a. If the blonde could not answer the lawyers b. the lawyer
question, she paid him $5.00, and vise versa. c. none of them was clever.
b. If the blonde could not answer the question, d. Both were clever.
she should pay $5.00. If the lawyer could e. They were the same.
not answer her question, he should pay
$500.00. 6. The word miffed in the last paragraph has the
c. If the blonde could not answer the lawyers similar meaning to
question, she paid him $500.00, and vise a. shy
versa. b. happy
d. If the blonde could not answer the lawyers c. generous
question, she paid him $500.00. If the d. doubt
e. angry