Spoof (Funny Story)

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)