Task 4

Instructions
Before constructing exposition texts, please open the related links below and watch
the videos of various activities related to the topic we are currently discussing. Make
necessary notes,
.
Video 1: How to write an Analytical Essay – What is it?
 The levels in analyzing the analytical essay
1. How and Why?
2. Pick it into pieces to explain and interpret
3. discuss central ideas/themes
4. pieces: techniques
5. effect on audience
 Why we an analysis: to know how the author creates meaning
 An essay is a formal and structured piece of writing that present a point of view (thesis)
with evidences to support the arguments
 The Essay Structure:
1. Introduction (thesis) : tell what (topic/phenomenon) you are going to tell to the readers
2. Body paragraph (arguments): analyze and organize the argument(s) into paragraphs
3. Conclusion: conclude or tell the readers what you have told them

Video 2: How to write an analytical essay: planning

 Planning is the most important stage in making an analytical essay, failing in planning will
led into disorganized, messy and poorly written work so we should make sure that we
need a lot time to think it deeply.
 Steps in planning an essay
 Step 1. Read the question – ability in interpreting questions
 what is it asking?
 what is it really asking?
 Step 2. Identify the key words
  Words that tell you what to discuss in the essay, Do this by writing it out
in the middle of a landscape piece of paper – using the keywords to
explore the ideas
 Step 3. Identify the direction words
 Words that tell you what a sort of answer to give
eg. discuss, to what extent, show how, how, do you agree, compare,
contrasts, etc
 Step 4. Brainstorm
 Look at those content words and expand on them
 some Methods of brainstorm: mind map, lotus diagram, pad let/pop let, dot
points/list, talk to a friend and verso
 Step 5. Organize ideas
 What ideas are dominating your pages?
 Think about how you might organize these ideas into paragraphs

TASK 5
Use your own words to develop the two supporting ideas available in the text
below.

Compulsory Attendance in College

On my first day of class in an American university, I discovered that there are

many differences between universities in US and in my country. One difference hit
me immediately when the professor walked into the classroom dressed in casual
pants and a sports shirt. Then he sat down, and I received a second shock. He sat
down on the desk, not behind the desk. The biggest shock happened when he passed
out a piece of paper listing the requirements of the class. I learned that I was not
allowed to miss any classes! In my country, professors do not know or care if
students attend lectures, but in the United States, professors actually call the roll at
the beginning of each class meeting. In my opinion, compulsory attendance in
college is completely inappropriate for two reasons.
 The first, college students are adults, not elementary school children. The
student has an ability to determine which of the acts he should be doing which is not
because the student has a different mindset with the child. The student is able to
determine what he needs in the course so he will not neglect to improve his
knowledge even though he is not attending the class
Students often have other obligations such as work and family. Not
infrequently we meet there are students who have to work to help the cost of lectures
and this has become a necessity for him. So also with students who already have a
family. Sometimes the affairs involving the family are more important than
attending the class so the students tend to leave the class because they think the class
can be replaced by learning independently.
To summarize, attendance in college classes should be optional. Students
may already know the material that the professor will cover. Sometimes the
professor lectures on material that is in the textbook, so students can read it on their
own time. Therefore, in my opinion, compulsory attendance in college classes
should be abolished.

(Source: Oshima and Hogue. 2007. Introduction to Academic Writing).

Task 6

Choose one prohibition sign below which attracts you to generate your ideas to write an analytical
exposition text. Be sure to apply the knowledge you have learnt.

Source: https://www.seton.co.uk/do-not-litter-signs.html#A4GA56RP

TAKE CARE of YOUR TRASH

 Trash always appears to be an effective issue in a society with less environmental sensitivity.
Indiscipline hygiene can lead to unpleasant atmosphere due to trash. With the behavior of littering, it
will result in some problems that will disturb or damage the environment itself.

The smallest thing that can be caused by the littering of trash is an accident. Imagine, if we throw
banana peel trash on the road carelessly, when someone stepped on the banana peel, it is likely he will
fall. In addition, this can also damage the view from a small scale. Despite it is only a trash, it will disturb
the comfort of our environment.

When the trash continues to accumulate in a place, for example in the river, then one of the
consequences is the flood. Flood is one result of littering. Trash dumped in the river will cause the
shallow of the river and the obstruction of the river flow. When the rain drops down, it is certain that
the river will not be able to accommodate the water, causing the water to overflow and flooding.

We know that cleanliness is one of the most important aspects of life. To keep the body in order to
stay healthy and fit needed cleanliness in the environment where we live. Stacking trash can cause
various types of diseases. The presence of disease seeds in the trash usually comes from polluted waste
by human feces and livestock, or because the insect-borne insects sector is nested in it. Trash
contaminated with human feces or livestock can be a source of infectious diseases or pathogen sources
consisting of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and worms. And of course, this is very dangerous to human
health.

With all kinds of impacts arising from the presence of waste that is disposed of arbitrarily, there is
no reason for every human being to not keep his environment clean and comfortable by disposing of
waste in his place and living a healthy life.