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TYPES OF TEXT TEACHED IN INDONESIAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS:…
TYPES OF TEXT TEACHED IN INDONESIAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS: "EXPOSITION TEXT"
Exposition is a critical evaluation of an idea; its purpose is to express arguments about an issue and justify it usually found in political debate editorial essays
Organizational structure
Thesis (introduce the issue and opinion or position of the author)
A series of arguments (a number of arguments that support the thesis and contain factual information, evidence or descriptions or explanations that support the thesis)
Restatement/reiteration of the thesis (reaffirmation of the thesis stated earlier)
linguistic features
Focus on one particular topic
use mental verbs; I believe I think I like
use connectives to maintain a logical connection between the ideas expressed
moving from personal statements to impersonal statements
use of modalities
Using technical terms; addictive, cancer
Use expert opinion to support arguments
use objective language by using expressions
use language to judge or evaluate
explain, describe and use evidence to support arguments so that the argument is more factual and powerful
use passive sentences
Types of expositions
Analytical Exposition (aims to convince that something is true or not true or something is good or bad important or not important depending on the topic)
Hortatory Exposition (Convince or persuade someone or readers to do something)