2. The Purpose of Analytical Exposition
People read text might be basically they want to get some factual information from the text. For example, people read a newspaper, might be they
want to read updated information from the newspaper or want to get job information. Then, from the information that they got, a response will appeared as
influence of the text. It means they have something to be known, and the information is available in the text. This is in line with Musafak’s statement “the
purpose of analytical exposition text is to persuade the reader or listener by presenting one side of an argument that is case the case for of the case against.”
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To sum up, the purpose of analytical exposition text is to influence the reader to do or belief something that is the writer’s point of view.
3. The Schematics Structure of Exposition Text
An effective expository text has several steps which a reader may use as standard to guide his reading by author. In traditional expository text usually have
three sections. The first section introduced the author’s point of view and can preview arguments that may follow in the text. The next is a series of arguments
that aim to convince the audience. The final section is a conclusion to sum up the arguments and reinforce the author’s point of view.
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a. An introductory statement An introductory paragraph is in the first paragraph. It consists of the
author’s point of view as the thesis of the argument and the introduction that include a preview of the arguments. The thesis introduces a topic and indicates the
writer’s position and the outline of the main paragraph to be presented.
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Amarain and friends. Op. cit., 2009. p. 10.
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Ibid.
b. A series of arguments to convince the audience This is the main part of the analytical exposition paragraph. It is the
content of the paragraph that exposes the argument to support the thesis statement. A new paragraph is used for each new argument with each topic sentence that
introduces the argument. The thesis statement is followed by the supporting details.
c. A conclusion summing up the arguments This past is the last section. Here, the author restates his or her thesis
point of view and give a summary of what has been stated in the section above may include here.
d. The Language Features of Analytical Exposition
The language features usually found in expository text are:
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1. Using relational process, e.g. don’t interfere, etc. 2. Using internal and causal conjunction, e.g. therefore, etc.
3. Using general and abstract nouns, e.g. car, policy, etc. 4. Using technical verb, e.g. species.
5. Using relating verbs, e.g. that is important, etc. 6. Using actions and thinking verbs, e.g. I believe, etc.
7. Using modal verbs and modal adverbs, e.g. we must preserve, etc. 8. Using connectives, e.g. firstly, secondly, etc.
9. Using evaluating language, e.g. important, valuable, etc. 10. Using passive voice and simple present tense.
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Amarain and Friends, Op.cit., 2009. p. 10.
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