Spoof Text

Purpose
To tell an event with a humorous twist


Text Organization
• Orientation
(who were involved in the story, when, and where)

• Events
(tell what happened in chronological order)

• Twist
(provide the funniest part of the story)


Language Features
• The use of action verbs
(e.g.: walked, laughed, ran away)

• The use of connectives
(e.g.: first, then, finally)

• The use of adverbial phrases of time and place
(e.g.: in the garden, two days ago)

• The use of the simple past tense
(e.g.: He walked away from the village)