Exposition Text | MY LIFE

*Exposition text is a statement or test which have argument or opinion about issue, idea, method, or object.

*There are two kinds of exposition text:

1. Analytical Exposition Text.

-Is a type of text that belong to the argument text of detailed author's about event or event around (phenomena)

    

-The Function of analytical exposition text to persuade by presenting argument to analyze or explain "how" and "why".

-The generic structure of analytical exposition text is

  a. Thesis             : The main idea of writer.

  b. Argument      : Present of the author the argument or opinion that support main idea.

  c. Reiteration   : Concluding part of analytical exposition contains rewriting of the main idea of the 1st paragraph.

2. Hortatocical Exposion Text.

-Is the text which is represent attempt to bring the reader to do something or act in certain way.

-The function of hortatorical exposition text is to describe the communicative purpose and influence the reader that should not be.

-The generic structure of hortatorical exposition text:

  a. Thesis

  b. Argument

  c. Recomendation : The advice to persuade of main idea (in the last paragraph)

*Exposition text can be in form of:

-Advertisement

-Spoken argument

-Editorial


Note :

-Analytical exposition text  are more difficult than hortatorical exposition text, because in analytical exposition text the autor must analyze the event.

-Hortatorical : The author makes the reader imagine something and influenced to do somethinga certain way, such as buying, visiting, etc.

-Thesis only at 1st paragraph
-Argument can be 1 or more paragraph
-Reiteration only at last paragraph (just conclusion, not to persuade the reader)
-Recomendation only at last paragraph