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EXPOSITION TEXT

Name : Firda Amelia Yuniar

Class : 11 MIA 3 (Member of Group 6)

What is Exposition text?

Exposition is a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

Social Function

To persuade the reader or the listener

Kinds of Exposition text

 Hortatory Exposition

 Analytical Exposition

Analytical Exposition Hortatory Exposition


Definiton Is a text that elaborate the is a type of spoken or written te
writer’s idea about the that is intended to explain the
phenomenon surrounding listeners or reader that somethi
should or should not happen

Generic Structure Thesis : Introduces the topic Thesis : announcement of issue


and shows speaker or writer’s concern.
position. Usually marked by Argument :  reasons for conce
according to me, I think, etc.Recommendation :  statement
what ought to or ought not to
Arguments : It consists about
happen. Usually marked by
Point and Elaboration
should, should not, ought to,
Point. Usually marked by ought not to
firstly, secondly, etc.

Reiteration : Conclusion
(restatement).

The different between Anaytical exposition and hortatory exposition

What makes hortatory different from analytical exposition is the last finalizing
step which analytical exposition is ended by a reiteration while hortatory is
finalized by certain a recommendation.

Exposition text can be found in

• Scientific books

• Journals

• magazines
• newspaper articles

• Academic speech or lectures

• research report, etc.

Language Features

1. Focusing on the writer

2. Using action verb

3. Using modal adverb; certainly, surely, etc

4. Using temporal connective; firstly, secondly, however, therefore, etc)

5. Using evaluative words; important, valuable, trustworthy, etc

6. Using passive voice

7. Using simple present tense

8. The use of modals verbs (e.g. may, must, should, etc)

9. The use of words that qualify statements (e.g. usually, probably etc)

10.The use of subjective opinions using pronouns I and we

Example of Exposition Text (Hortatory exposition)

BULLYING

Bullying is the use of violence, threat, or force to intimidate


others. This behaviour can be a habit and involve an imbalance of social
and physical power. This behaviour can include verbal abuse or threats,
physical violence or force and can be directed repeatedly against a certain
victim. It maybe based on race, religion, gender, sexuality, or ability.

It is a very serious problem and dangerous for our social


environment. We have to stop every single act of bullying because it has
many impacts that could be threatening each involved part of society, not
only for the bullied children, but also the children who bully, children
who watch a bullying, even for the school with the issue of bullying.
Bullying can bring bad influence on children’s physical and mental
health. In a heavy case, bullying can be the trigger of a fatal act, as
suicide.

There are several problems that might be suffered by children as the


victim of bullying. First is a variety of mental problems like depression,
anxiety and sleeping trouble; this problem may be carried away until the
victim grows to be an adult. The act of bullying will be so difficult to
forget by the victims. Second, there would be physical health complaints,
as headache, abdominal pain and muscle strain. Third, there is insecurity
right in the school environment. Fourth, there is the decline in the spirit of
learning and academic achievement. Fifth, in the quite rare case, the
victims of bullying will probably show the nature of violence.

Not only to the victims, could the impacts of bullying also


affect the doer of bullying. According to a research, when they are
growing into an adult, the children who do the act of bullying have big
tendency to behave roughly, do criminality, be engaged in vandalism,
consume drugs and alcohol, and be engaged in free intercourse. In
addition, sixty percent of boys who bully his friend in the primary school
or junior high school have convicted at least once over a crime in the age
of 24 years.

The school, where the act of bullying happens, also gets the
impacts. It makes insecurity feeling in the school environment. Besides,
the activity of teaching and learning may be not effective. Furthermore,
the morality education at the school can be doubted.

It is obvious that bullying is very horrible and we have to


stop it due to hazardous impacts such as physical and mental health
problem, the quality decline in achievement or work, having bad image,
possibility or tendency to be engaged in crime, misusing of alcohol and
drugs, until suicide. Those impacts are not only for the victim, but also
for the doer, the witness of this act, and the place where bullying happens.

By watching the act of bullying, children can also get the


impacts. They may have a big tendency to feel insecure when they are at
school, they may have mental problems such as depression, anxiety, and
traumatic feeling. Moreover, they misuse alcohol and drugs due to the
stress.

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