Spoof is a type of story which has a twist (funny part in the end of the story). It contains an unpredictable event which makes the story funny. The main character of twist in a funny story should be unpredictable and funny. The social purpose of this type of text is entertaining readers using twist (unpredictable funny ending).
Text organization:
1. The beginning of the story is contains the introduction of characters and the setting of the story.
2. Series of events is contains what happen to the characters.
3. Twist is contains unpredictable funny ending of the story.
Example:
The brain bank
It seems there was a woman who received some bad news. Her husband had been in an automobile accident. His brain was dead. The doctor told her some good news, though. They had perfected their brain transplant technique and that she was lucky there were three fresh brains in the brain bank from which to choose. A large explosion had killed a firefighter, a captain and a chief. Having insurance, she requested the coast for each of the brains. The firefighter’s brain was $50,000 and the cafe was a MILLION DOLARS! Curious, she asked why the chief’s brain was so much expensive. The doctor replied, “You see the chief’s brain has never been used!”
Taken from interlanguage
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