Notes: 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. It consists of the following element. • The beginning of the story. • Series of events. • Twist. The social purpose of this type of text is entertaining readers using twist (unpredictable ending). Take a look at the text in Task 13. The pirate lost his leg and his arm for great reason, battle and shark. Yet, he lost his eye for a silly cause. He forgot that he used a hook in his arm and tried to clean bird crap on his eye using the hook so that he lost his eye.
Task 14 Find the synonyms of the words in the left column in the right column. Use your dictionary if necessary. 1. 2. 3. 4.
bolt (kki) coast (kb) crap (kb) eye patch (kb)
5. mischievous (ks) 6. peg (kki) 7. seagull (kb) 8. s e l f - r e s p e c t i n g (ks) 9. snap (kki)
A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J.
proud of himself saying something in angry tone small wooden stake small piece of material used for covering up eyes run fast to escape waste, feces white sea bird naughty strict beach
Task 15 Complete the following sentences using the words in Task 14. Compare your answers with your classmates’. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
The boys ... and run home because they are chased by the police. Captain Hook, the famous pirate, had a ... leg on his left one. People do not like Mr Hardi because he is a ... man. The pirate has an ... to cover his eye hole. I went to the ... and saw many .... The ... boys finally get punished by the chief. Because her employee makes a mistake, Mrs Hardi ... at her employee. The priest repeated the question in a ... tone. Some people can produce organic fertilizer from bird ....
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Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XI
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