DEFINITION OF ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION
Analytical Exposition is a text that
elaborates the writer‘s idea about the phenomenon surrounding. Its social
function is to persuade the reader that the idea is important matter.
PURPOSE OF ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION
- To persuade the reader or listener that there is something that, certainly, needs to get attention
- To analyze a topic and to persuade the reader that this opinion is correct and supported by arguments
Examples: argumentative essay,
exploratory essay
Generic Structure:
- Thesis : Introduces the topic and shows speaker or writer’s position; Outlines of the arguments are presented.
- Arguments : It consists about Point and Elaboration Point, states the main argument Elaboration, develops and supports each point of argument
- Conclusion : Reiteration (restatement), restates speaker or writer’s position
Language Features:
- Focus on generic human and non-human participants, e.g.: car, pollution, leaded petrol car
- Use abstract noun, e.g.: policy, government
- Use of relational processes, e.g.: It is important
- Modal verbs, e.g.: we must preserve
- Modal adverbs, e.g.: certainly we.
- Connective or Use of internal conjunction to state argument, e.g.: first, secondly, then, finally)
- Evaluative language, e.g.: important, valuable, trustworthy, etc.
- Giving reasons through causal conjunction
- (e.g. so, thus, therefore, hence)
- Use of present tense
- Passive sentence
The example of Analytical
Exposition:
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