Disebutkan dalam Cambridge Advance Learner's Dictionary Online, ada dua
makna spoof. Pertama, sebagai kata benda, spoof bermakna, "a funny and silly piece of writing, music,
theatre, etc. that copies the style of an original work". Sedang kedua,
spoof sebagai kata kerja, bermakna, "to try to make someone
believe in something that is not true, as a joke."
Dari kedua arti spoof di atas, dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengertian spoof
text adalah sebuah teks yang berisi tentang humor meski sebagian teksnya sudah
dimodifikasi dari aslinya.
Generic Structure (Susunan umum) dalam spoof text adalah :
1.
Orientation, berisi pengenalan tokoh, latar, setting dll.
2.
Events, berisi peristiwa atau kejadian
3.
Twist, ending cerita (akhir cerita yang dianggap lucu, kadang tidak
terduga)
Penjelasan mengenai
orientation dan event sudah sering dibahas, khususnya pada pelajaran narrative
text dan recount
text. Dalam spoof text pun, orientation dan event tidak jauh berbeda
dengan yang ada dalam narrative dan recount. Sedang untuk twist, bagi seorang yang belum terbiasa menulis cerita
lucu mungkin sangat sulit; untuk memahami twist saja sudah sulit, apalagi mengarang
sendiri... Ya, untuk memahami twist, kita membutuhkan selera humor tinggi
hingga kita mampu mencerna apa dibalik kelucuan yang terkandung dalam twist
ini. Sebab biasanya sangat sulit memperkirakan, "apa sih bagian
lucunya?"
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."
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."
Jacky Wong got married with Lia Wong. Both of them had a white skin and straight hair. They are really a well-matched couple.
One year later, Wong family got a new baby. A nurse brought them a son
with curly hair and a black skin.
The nurse congratulated and said, "What name will you give to this
son?"
With a confused face, Jacky Wong grumbled, "Sam Ting Wong!"
With a confused face, Jacky Wong grumbled, "Sam Ting Wong!"
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