information or ideas. Its primarly function of exposition itself is merely to explain.
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Based on those expert exposition text means a text that have one sides of issue, the issue is supported by series of arguments that relevant to the issue. The
arguments have to consist of fact and relevants information with the issue. Moreover, The function of exposition text is to persuade the reder or listener to do
something that the writer is stated on the text.
2. Generic Structure of Exposition Text
The generic structure of exposition text according to Anderson and Anderson mainly consists of three sections. Those are an introductury statement, a
series of argumnet, and a conclusion. Those sections are described below: First, an introduction statement, this section
introduce the author’s point of view whicih is called the thesis of argument and the introduction can include
preview arguments that may folow in the text. Second, a series of arguments that aim to convice the reader. A new
paragraph is used for each new arguments. Each new paragraph begins with a topic sentence that introduce the arguments which is folowed by supporting
details. Those suporting can be facts, chart or diagram that can support the topic sentence.
Third, a conclusion. This part is the clossing of exposition text. in giving conclusion the authors can sum up their point of view in their arguments. In
analitical exposition the conclusion can be restatement of the writer thesis and arguments. However, in hortatory exposition the writer give recommendation for
the reader. The recommendation consists of should or should not do by the reader based on their arguments.
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Since, this study is focusing on hortatory exposition, here is the example of hortatory exposition text:
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Randall E. Decker, Patterns of Exposition 9, Canada: Little,brown Company, 1984
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Mark Anderson and Kathy Anderson, op.cit., pp. 22 —23
