Presented by
Karmelia Mawardi, M.Pd
Exposition Exposition
Purpose of an exposition:
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1. Social Function / Communicative Purpose /
Purpose / Aim :
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3. Grammatical / Language Features :
Use of :
General nouns, misalnya car, pollution, money, petrol
Abstract nouns, misalnya policy, government, value, cost
Technical verbs, misalnya means of exchange, storing value
Relating verbs, misalnya money is a means of exchange
Action verbs, misalnya she must save
Thinking verbs, misalnya many people believe
Modal verbs, misalnya we must preserve
Connectives, misalnya firstly, secondly
Bahasa evaluatif, misalnya important, valuable, trustworthy, better
Kalimat pasif, misalnya the things can be bought with money
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4. Kinds of Analytical Exposition
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Generic
Structure
Cars should be banned in the city Grammatical
Features
Thesis Cars should be banned in the city. As we all know, cars Present T.
Connective
Position
create pollution, and cause a lot of road deaths and other Relating
Preview accidents. Verb
Argument 2 Secondly, the city is very busy. Pedestrians wander Action verb
Connective
Point everywhere and cars commonly hit pedestrians in the city, Relating
Elaboration which causes them to die. Cars today are our roads verb
biggest killers.
Argument 3 Thirdly, cars are very noisy. If you live in the city, you may Action verb
Connective
Point find it hard to sleep at night, or concentrate on your Relating
Elaboration homework, and especially talk to someone. verb
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Kinds, Social Function, Language Features, Example 1, Example 2