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6 Contoh Spoof Text Bahasa Inggris Berdasarkan Jenis-jenisnya

Niken Bestari - Senin, 14 November 2022 | 12:45 WIB

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Apa saja 6 contoh spoof text? Kita simak contoh-contoh spoof text berdasarkan jenis-jenisnya berikut ini, yuk1

Bobo.id - Salah satu jenis teks yang kita pelajari di pelajaran bahasa Inggris tingkat menengah adalah spoof text.

Spoof text ini adalah salah satu jenis teks Bahasa Inggris yang tujuannya lelucon dan jenaka.

Karakteristik spoof text adalah adanya kejutan di akhir teks yang bersifat menghibur yang cerita yang di akhir bagiannya terdapat twist atau kejutan.

Dalam bahasa Inggris, spoof text dikenal juga dengan humor, joke, anecdote, parody, atau funny story.

Tujuan dari spoof text tersendiri adalah untuk menghibur orang lain dengan cerita yang lucu.

Umumnya, spoof text menceritakan kisah nyata yang terjadi di masa lalu dengan akhir yang tidak terduga dan umumnya lucu.

Generic structure dari spoof text ini adalah:

1. Orientation

Orientation berisi informasi yang memudahkan pembaca membayangkan tokoh dan latar belakang cerita. Pada orientation atau pengenalan meliputi tokoh, tempat kejadian, kapan waktu kejadian, latar, dan informasi lainnya yang berkaitan dengan cerita.

2. Events

Events adalah rangkaian peristiwa yang sudah dilakukan oleh pelaku yang terdapat dalam cerita. Biasanya hal-hal yang terjadi di dalam spoof text akan disampaikan secara berurutan waktu kejadian.

3. Twist

Twist terdapat di akhir spoof text berupa kejadian atau keadaan yang mengejutkan dan akan menjadi akhir dari cerita. Kejadian atau keadaan ini harus berupa sesuatu yang tidak diketahui atau diduga-duga oleh pembaca.

Spoof text tidak memiliki jenis-jenis, tetapi twist atau kejutan yang ada di spoof text terdapat beberapa macam, yaitu sebagai berikut:

Contoh Spoof Text Berdasarkan Jenis-jenisnya

1. Humorous Twist

Humorous text adalah jenis spoof text bahasa Inggris yang mengandung kejutan dengan akhiran yang menyenangkan, mengharukan dan menyejukkan hati. Tipe humorous ini adalah tipe yang akhiran ceritanya lucu atau bahkan mengharukan.

- Example 1: Susie Got a One Hundred.

Susie came skipping up the walk. The 8 years old is very clever.

She opened the door and said, "Mommy! I got a 100 today!"

Her mother replied, "That’s great, dear! What did you get it in?"

"Two things," Susie said. "I got a 50 in English, and a 50 in Science."

- Example 2: The Announcement

One day there was a class of kids at school. They were having a hard time concentrating on the work because it was snowing so hard outside.

They were just waiting for that blessed announcement of the rest of the day off.

Suddenly, the intercom beeped and they heard the voice of their principal, "Attention, students. Due to the weather conditions, we will only be attending school a half of the day this morning."

After all the students’ cheers had stopped, the principal continued, "And we will be attending the other half this afternoon."

2. Ironic Twist

Ada juga spoof text yang yang berupa ironis, yaitu biasanya yang menunjukkan sisi gelap dari suatu peristiwa atau tokoh utama yang tidak terduga.

- Example 1: Mr. Wilson's Murder

The phone was ringing, then Stefani Wilson picked it up. A man was called her, he said he was a police officer.

"Mrs. Wilson, we inform you that we found a car that belongs to your husband. But, we are sorry that your husband is already dead inside the car," said the officer.

Broken-hearted, Stefani rushed to the location where the police found her husband.

Once she got there, the officer arrested her immediately. "Officer, why are you arresting me?" she asked.

Then one officer came to her and said, "Mrs. Wilson, we haven't told you the location of your husband's murder. But, how would you know, if you weren't the murderer?"

- Example 2: Grey Hair

A curious child asked his mother: “Mommy, why are some of your hairs turning grey?”

The mother tried to use this occasion to teach her child: “It is because of you, dear. Every bad action of yours will turn one of my hairs grey!”

The child replied innocently: “Now I know why grandmother has only grey hairs on her head.”

3. Misconception Twist

Selain itu adalah pula kejutan atau twist spoof text yang berupa miskonsepsi.

Miskonsepsi adalah informasi yang salah, yang dibangun sejak awal cerita, sehingga membentuk pemahaman atau persepsi yang keliru sepanjang cerita berjalan, dan memberikan akhiran yang tidak terduga.

- Example 1: Vacation

A couple going on vacation but his wife was on a business trip so he went to the destination first and his wife would meet him the next day.

When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick email.

Unfortunately, when typing her address, he mistyped a letter and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher’s wife whose husband had passed away only the day before.

When the grieving widow checked her email, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint.

At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen: "Dearest Wife, Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow."

- Example 2: Bad Dream

Once there was a couple sleeping. The wife had a bad dream. She woke up, and was scared and cried.

Her husband tried to comfort her and asked why she cried. Then she replied: "I had a dream that a very rich and handsome man kidnapped me from you."

"Hearing his wife answer, the husband said, "It’s okay, it was just a dream."

Immediately the wife responded loudly, "That is why I’m crying."

Teman-teman, itulah 6 contoh spoof text berdasarkan jenis-jenisnya.

Cermati contoh-contoh di atas, ya. Teman-teman juga bisa membuat contoh spoof text sendiri.

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