Task 1a & 1b To make your understanding of Spoof texts better, read the texts and do the tasks underneath. Text 1 Aren’t you his mother? A young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He kicked it too hard, and it broke the window of a house and fell inside. A lady came to the window with the ball and shouted at the young boy, so he ran away, but he still wanted his ball back. A few minutes later he returned and knocked at the door of the house. When the lady answered it, he said, “My father’s going to come and fix your window very soon. ”After a few more minutes, a man came to the door with the tools in his hand, so the lady let the boy take his ball away. When the man finished fixing the window, he said to the lady, “That will cost you exactly ten dollars.” “But aren’t you the father of that young boy?” the woman asked, looking surprised. “No,” he answered, equally surprised, “Aren’t you his mother?” (http://misspalitaruhamaningtyas.blogspot.co.id/2014/09/spoof-text.html?m=1) Task 1a Fill in the story elements of “Aren’t you his mother? “in the following table. Orientation 

Events

Twist

was

 A lady came to the

playing with a ball in the

window with the ball

finished

street. He kicked it too

and shouted at the young

window, he said to the

hard, and it broke the

boy, so he ran away, but

lady, “That will cost you

window of a house and

he still wanted his ball

fell inside.

back.

exactly ten dollars.” “But aren’t you the

A young

boy



When

father

the

man

fixing

the

of

that

young

boy?” the woman asked, looking surprised. “No,” he

answered,

equally

surprised, “Aren’t you his mother?” 

A few minutes later he

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knocked at the door of the house. When the lady answered it, he said, “My father’s going to come and fix your

window

very

soon.” 

After a few more minutes, a man came to the door with the tools in his hand, so the lady let the boy take his ball away

Task 1b Answer these questions. 1. Who were the participants in the story?  A young boy, A lady, A man 2. Where do you think the story happened?  In the a lady’s house 3. When did the story happen?  I don’t know the time, but I guess it happened in the afternoon because it is the time of a young boy played 4. What tense is mostly used in the story?  In the story mostly used Simple Past Tense 5. Which part of the story is funny?  The last paragraph, when the man finished fixing the window 6. How many events are there in the story?  There are three events in the story 7. Why do you think the story is funny?  The story is funny because of the last paragraph, It is said implicitly that the young boy has a trick to get his ball back. 8. What is the purpose of the writer telling the story? TITIN NUR HIDAYATI-PPGDJ UPS 2019

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 To amuse or to entertain the reader

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