Exposition Text

 

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Definition of Analytical Exposition

Analytical Exposition is a type of text or spoken material in English that is used to explain the writer's views on an issue. In other words, this text is argumentative. This type of text is very popular in academic circles and can be found in scientific books, journals, magazines, newspaper articles, academic speeches, and so on. The purpose of this text is only to make the reader or listener aware of an issue raised by the writer or speaker.

Analytical Exposition Characteristics

There are several characteristics of this text, namely:

- It is an argumentative text with supporting reasons.

- Using the Simple Present Tense

- Using conjunctions such as first, second, third, next, furthermore, additionally and so on.

- Use evaluative words such as important, valuable, trustworthy, and so on.

- Using causal conjunctions for example, as a result, because, by, consequently, despite, due to, for that reason, and so on.

Generic Structure of Analytical Exposition

Analytical Exposition has its own generic structure. In this text there are three important parts that must be had, namely:

Thesis

Contains the opinion of the author or speaker regarding the topic in question.

Arguments

Arguments contain opinions that support the main idea. The more opinions that are written, the more interesting an Analytical Exposition Text is because readers or listeners tend to believe in an event if there are many supporting opinions in it.

Conclusion

Contains conclusions or restatements on the essence of the ideas presented.

Example of Analytical Exposition Text

Example of Short Analytical Exposition Text 1 (about “cramming”)

Cramming is Bad

How do you study when the test is coming? Do you start preparing for the test weeks or months before the test or leave things to the last hour? If you start studying weeks or months before the test, it is great. However, if you study all the material in the last hour or minute, it is not good for you and it is called cramming.

Cramming is the situation when students stay up until morning to study before their test. This habit can lead to negative impacts for some reason. The first reason is that disruptions in the regular sleep cycle can cause temporary intellectual lapses. For most students, less sleep can make them could not focus in the class. Additionally, cramming can leave us with “something that I have seen before” in our memory. However, being able to recognize something is not the same as being able to recall it. Besides that, each person has their different sleeping time, so some of them often use a stimulant for cramming. Furthermore, that stimulant gives bad effect to its consumers. 

the example stimulant is coffee. It causes many problems such as Caffeine Intoxication Syndrome, anxiety, panic, headaches, and so on. To sum up, cramming is bad because it disturbs our regular sleep cycle which cause temporary intellectual lapses and using stimulant for cramming gives bad effect to our health.

Explanation:

The example of the text above is the Analytical Exposition Text because it provides an argument that Cramming or what we often call the overnight speeding system (SKS) learning method is not good for students. In addition, the text has the same characteristics and structure as the characteristics -Characteristics and structure of the Analytical Exposition Text, namely:

Characteristic features:

It is an argumentative text with supporting reasons.

As we can see, the text is presented with several reasons that support the argument.

Using the Present Tense

All sentences in the text use the Present Tense.

Example: Cramming is a situation when students stay up late until morning to study before a test.

Using conjunctions.

The connecting words that we can find in the text are for example, the first reason, the next, and so.

Use evaluative words.

The evaluative words that we can find in the example text are bad, great, good, and negative.

Using cause-and-effect conjunctions.

Text structure:

Thesis: 

This habit can have a negative impact for several reasons.

Arguments:

Disruptions in the regular sleep cycle can cause temporary intellectual lapses.

- Not able to focus

- Just recognize, but not able to remember the material.

Using stimulant for cramming gives bad effect to its consumers.

Conlusion:

To sum up, cramming is bad because it disturbs our regular sleep cycle which cause temporary intellectual lapses and using stimulant for cramming gives bad effect to our health.

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