What is Analytical Exposition?

see also Types of Text

1. Definition of Analytical Exposition

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.

2. Generic Structure of Analytical Exposition

· Thesis: Introducing the topic and indicating the writer’s position

· Argument 1: Explaining the argument to support the writer’s position

· Argument 2: Explaining the other arguments support the writer’s position more

· Reiteration: Restating the writer’s position

3. Language Features of Analytical Exposition

· Using relational process

· Using internal conjunction

· Using causal conjunction

· Using Simple Present Tense

4. Examples and structures of the text

Is Smoking Good for Us?

Before we are going to smoke, it is better to look at the fact. About 50 thousands people die every year in Britain as direct result of smoking. This is seven times as many as die in road accidents. Nearly a quarter of smokers die because of diseases caused by smoking.

Ninety percent of lung cancers are caused by smoking. If we smoke five cigarettes a day, we are six times more likely to die of lung cancer than a non smoker. If we smoke twenty cigarettes a day, the risk is nineteen greater. Ninety five percent of people who suffer of bronchitis are people who are smoking. Smokers are two and half times more likely to die of heart disease than non smokers.

Additionally, children of smoker are more likely to develop bronchitis and pneumonia. In one hour in smoky room, non smoker breathes as much as substance causing cancer as if he had smoked fifteen cigarettes.

Smoking is really good for tobacco companies because they do make much money from smoking habit. Smoking however is not good for every body else.


Notes on the generic structure:

From the generic structure, what make big different is that analytical exposition ends with paragraph to strengthen the thesis while hortatory makes a recommendation for readers.

Thesis: This pre-conclusive paragraph states the writer’s point of view about the topic discussed. Writer has show himself in clear position of the discussed topic. Paragraph 1 is the thesis of this analytical exposition text. It states the fact of the very fatal impact of the smoking habit. Clearly the writer wants to say that smoking is not a good habit.

Arguments: Presenting arguments in analytical exposition text is as important as giving conflict plot in narrative text. The series of argument will strengthen the thesis stated before. In this example of analytical exposition text, paragraph 2 and 3 are the detail arguments presented in a reporting fact to support that smoking is not good even for smokers themselves. Furthermore, people who do not smoke but they are in smoky area have the bad effect too from the smoking habit.

Reiteration: This end paragraph actually is restating the thesis. It is something like conclusive paragraph from the previous arguments. The last paragraph of this example of analytical exposition points again that smoking is not good for smokers and people around smokers. However smoking is very good for Cigarette Companies

Opportunity in the Global Financial Crisis

US financial crisis and its contagion to Europe and the rest of the world could also create new opportunity for Indonesia in term of foreign direc investment and the development of basic infrastructure.

As the US, financial crisis has now spread to Europe, the oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Arab Emirate which have accumulated hundreds of billion of Dollars in their foreign reserve, are now reviewing their holding or investment vehicle. They are looking for more diversified investment outside the US and Europe.

Because of unfavorable political developments in Thailand and Malaysia over the past few months, Indonesia which has largely Muslim population could become one of these oil-rich countries' favorite place for foreign direct investment. That wil be true if the conditions, legal and market infrastructures are conducive for Islamic financial instruments.

The government had improved the legal framework with the recent actment of laws on sharia banking and bonds. The long term nature of Islamic bonds could make them the most suitable investment instrument for Indonesia, as these bonds grant an investor a share in an asset along with the cash flows and risks commensurate with such ownership.

The financial crisis that has gripped the globe and weakening economic growth in the rest of the world will serve to the government to accelerate the investment reform measures in order to grab the hidden opportunity in the global crisis. (Simplified from the jakartapos.com on Oct 9)


NOTES ON Generic Structure:

· Paragraph 1 is THESIS. It introduces the topic of the text which state the potential opportunity behind the glogal financial crisis.

· Paragraphes 2 and 3 are the ARGUMENTS which support to the opinios stated in the above thesis.

· Paragraph 4 is REITERATION which restates the thesis in another phrases to point the writer'opinion.

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Small Notes
Analytical Exposition (Eksposisi Analitis)

Ciri Umum:

(a) Tujuan Komunikatif Teks:

Memaparkan dan mempengaruhi audience (pendengar atau pembaca) bahwa ada masalah yang tentunya perlu mendapat perhatian.

(b) Struktur Teks/Generic structure

· Thesis; Pernyataan pendapat

· Argument; terdiri atas “point” yang dikemukakan dan “elaborasi”;

· Reiteration ; Penguatan pernyataan.

(c) Ciri Kebahasaan: Menggunakan:

· General nouns, misalnya car, pollution, leaded petrol car, dsb.

· Abstract nouns, misalnya policy, government, dsb.

· Technical verbs, misalnya species of animals, dsb.

· Relating verbs, misalnya It is important, dsb.

· Action verbs, misalnya She must save, dsb.

· Thinking verbs, misalnya Many people believe, dsb

· Modal verbs, misalnya we must preserve, dsb.

· Modal adverbs, misalnya certainly, we, dsb.

· Connectives, misalnya firstly, secondly,dsb.

· Bahasa evaluatif, misalnya important, valuable, trustworthy, dsb.

· Kalimat pasif

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