Spoof

Read the following text!

Vampire Bat

                A vampire bat came flapping in from the night, face all covered in fresh blood and parked himself on the roof of the cave to get some sleep.

                Pretty soon all the other bats smelt the blood and began hassling him about where he got it. He told them to piss off and let him get some sleep, but they persisted until he finally gave up.

                “OK, follow me,” he said and flew out of the cave with hundreds of bats behind him. Down through a valley they went, across a river and into a huge forest.

                Finally he slowed down and all the other bats were excitedly around him with their tongues hanging out for blood.

                “Do you see that large oak tree over there?” he asked. “YES, YES, YES!!!!” the bats all screamed in a frenzy.

“Good!” said the first bat, “Because I didn’t.”

          Adapted from: http://www.offi ce-humour.co.uk

Spoof

1.      Spoof is a type of story which has a twist (funny part in the end of the story). It contains an unpredictable event which makes the story funny. The main character of twist in a funny story should be unpredictable and funny.

2.      It consists of the following element.

• Orientation: It contains the introduction of characters and the setting of the story.

• Series of events. It contains what happen to the characters.

• Twist. It contains unpredictable funny ending of the story.

3.      The social purpose of this type of text is entertaining readers using twist (unpredictable funny ending).

WORKSHEET

Read the following text!

Vampire Bat

                A vampire bat came flapping in from the night, face all covered in fresh blood and parked himself on the roof of the cave to get some sleep.

                Pretty soon all the other bats smelt the blood and began hassling him about where he got it. He told them to piss off and let him get some sleep, but they persisted until he finally gave in.

                “OK, follow me,” he said and flew out of the cave with hundreds of bats behind him. Down through a valley they went, across a river and into a huge forest.

                Finally he slowed down and all the other bats were excitedly around him with their tongues hanging out for blood.

                “Do you see that large oak tree over there?” he asked. “YES, YES, YES!!!!” the bats all screamed in a frenzy.

“Good!” said the first bat, “Because I didn’t.”

          Adapted from: http://www.offi ce-humour.co.uk

A. Answer the comprehension questions bellow based on the text!

1. What did the vampire bat get before he got to the cave?

2. Why did other vampire bats hassle him?

3. Why do you think that the vampire bat finally told where he got all the fresh blood?

4. Where did he get all the fresh blood?

5. How did he get it?

6. Why did the bat show the large oak tree to the other bats?

7. What did probably happen when the other bats knew how he got the fresh blood?

B. Decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Correct the FALSE ones.

Statements	T/F	Correction
1.       The vampire bat got fresh blood before he got to the cave. 2.       The other bats were not interested in the fresh blood. 3.       The vampire bat did not tell the others where he got all fresh blood. 4.       The vampire bat got the fresh blood from a husbandry. 5.       The vampire bat got an accident so that he was bleeding heavily.

III. What do the following words refer to?

 a. himself (par 1)

 b. they (par 2)

 c. him (par 3)

10. The word frenzy is similar in meaning to ....

Piss off (Britain) = go away

hassling = =disturbing=bothering

Persisted = continued to do something

frenzy  =angry excitement=enthusiasm

WORKSHEET

Read the following text!

Vampire Bat

                A vampire bat came flapping in from the night, face all covered in fresh blood and parked himself on the roof of the cave to get some sleep.

                Pretty soon all the other bats smelt the blood and began hassling him about where he got it. He told them to piss off and let him get some sleep, but they persisted until he finally gave in.

                “OK, follow me,” he said and flew out of the cave with hundreds of bats behind him. Down through a valley they went, across a river and into a huge forest.

                Finally he slowed down and all the other bats were excitedly around him with their tongues hanging out for blood.

                “Do you see that large oak tree over there?” he asked. “YES, YES, YES!!!!” the bats all screamed in a frenzy.

“Good!” said the first bat, “Because I didn’t.”

          Adapted from: http://www.offi ce-humour.co.uk

A. Answer the comprehension questions bellow based on the text!

1. What did the vampire bat get before he got to the cave?

2. Why did other vampire bats hassle him?

3. Why do you think that the vampire bat finally told where he got all the fresh blood?

4. Where did he get all the fresh blood?

5. How did he get it?

6. Why did the bat show the large oak tree to the other bats?

7. What did probably happen when the other bats knew how he got the fresh blood?

8. What do the following words refer to?

 a. himself (par 1)

 b. they (par 2)

 c. him (par 3)

9. Find out the synonym of the following words

a. piss off

b. hassling

c. persisted

d. frenzy 

B. Decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Correct the FALSE ones.

Statements	T/F	Correction
1.       The vampire bat got fresh blood before he got to the cave. 2.       The other bats were not interested in the fresh blood. 3.       The vampire bat did not tell the others where he got all fresh blood. 4.       The vampire bat got the fresh blood from a husbandry. 5.       The vampire bat got an accident so that he was bleeding heavily.