CHARACTERISTIC, SAMPLE SPOOF AND EXPLANATION

GENRESOCIAL FUNCTION GENERIC STRUCTURE SIGNIFICANT LEXIGOGRAMMATICAL FEATURES REPORTREPORT To retell events, strange or funny ones based on true or imaginary experience in order to amuse people,and typically ended with a twist- unexpected ending.  Introduction  Event 1  Event 2  Twist  Focus on people,and animate or inanimate objects.  Use of Action verbs: run,drink  Use of simple past tense  Use of temporal sequence of time and place. SPOOF

Penguin In The Park Once a man was walking in a park when he came across a penguin. Orientation: introduces the setting of the story He took him to a policeman and said, ‘ I have just found this penguin. What should I do?’ The policeman replied, ‘ take him to the zoo’. Event 1: the first event takes place

The next day the policeman saw the same man in the same park and the man was still carrying the penguin with him. The policeman was rather surprised and walked up to the man and asked, ‘Why are you still carrying that penguin about? Didn’t you take it to the zoo? ‘ ‘ I certainly did,’ replied the man. Event 2: the second event takes place and it was a great idea because he really enjoyed it, so today I’m taking him to the movies! (Note that the ‘twist’ in this particular text is related to the circumstances of place the penguin is taken to and to the man’s misinterpretation of the policeman’s unspoken reason for taking the penguin to the zoo). Twist: unexpected ending of the story (funny or surprising)

GENRESOCIAL FUNCTION GENERIC STRUCTURESIGNIFICANT LEXIGOGRAMMATICAL FEATURES EXPLANATIONTo explain the processes involved in the formation or workings of natural or sociocultural phenomena.  A general statement to position the reader.  A sequenced explanation of why or how something  occurs.  Focus on generic, non-human Participants.  Use mainly of Material and Relational Processes.  Use mainly of temporal and causal  Circumstances and Conjunctions.  Some use of Passive voice to get Theme right EXPLANATION

The water cycle — technically known as the hydrologic cycle or hydrological cycle — is the continuous circulation of water within the Earth's hydrosphere, and is driven by solar radiation. General statement of introduction:introduce the topic or the phenomenon to be explained This includes the atmosphere, land, surface water and groundwater. As water moves through the cycle, it changes state between liquid, solid, and gas phases. Water moves from compartment to compartment, such as from river to ocean, by the physical processes of evaporation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and subsurface flow.[ series of logical steps: the phenomenon is explained in a logical manner