Objective
In this section, you will learn how to:
- write a spoof text.
Activity 1
Answer the following questions.
Answer the following questions.
- Have you ever written an account of an unusual or amusing incident?
- Is it based on your personal experience?
- Did you share it with others?
- What did you write about?
Activity 2
Choose the best word to complete the story.
Bill, Jim, and Scott 1______(was/were) at a convention together and were 2______(sharing/shared) a large suite on the top of a 75 story sky scraper.
After a long day of meetings they were 3_______(shocking/shocked) to hear that the elevators in their hotel were 4 _____(broke/broken) and they would have 5______(climbed/to climb) 75 flights of stairs to get to their room. Bill said to Jim and Scott, let's break the monotony of this unpleasant task by 6_____(concentrate/concentrating) on something interesting. I'll tell jokes for 25 flights, and Jim can sing songs for 25 flights, and Scott can tell sad stories the rest of the way. At the 26th floor Bill stopped 7_______(telling/ to tell) jokes and Jim 8 ______(began/begun) to sing.
At the 51st floor Jim stopped singing and Scott began 9_______(telling/to tell) sad stories. "I will tell my saddest story first," he 10______( said/says). "I left the room key in the car!"
Activity 3
Follow the instructions to prepare writing a spoof text.
Choose the best word to complete the story.
Bill, Jim, and Scott 1______(was/were) at a convention together and were 2______(sharing/shared) a large suite on the top of a 75 story sky scraper.
After a long day of meetings they were 3_______(shocking/shocked) to hear that the elevators in their hotel were 4 _____(broke/broken) and they would have 5______(climbed/to climb) 75 flights of stairs to get to their room. Bill said to Jim and Scott, let's break the monotony of this unpleasant task by 6_____(concentrate/concentrating) on something interesting. I'll tell jokes for 25 flights, and Jim can sing songs for 25 flights, and Scott can tell sad stories the rest of the way. At the 26th floor Bill stopped 7_______(telling/ to tell) jokes and Jim 8 ______(began/begun) to sing.
At the 51st floor Jim stopped singing and Scott began 9_______(telling/to tell) sad stories. "I will tell my saddest story first," he 10______( said/says). "I left the room key in the car!"
Activity 3
Follow the instructions to prepare writing a spoof text.
- Think of a funny incident that happened to you.
- Here are some questions to help you add necessary and interesting information to your story.
2. Where did it happen?
3. When did it happen?
4. What are the important events in the story?
- Now you are ready to use your notes to write your first draft.
- Follow the rhetorical steps of spoof texts: orientation, events, and twist.
