EXPOSITION TEXT

 Understanding the exposition text:

Taxes or oral material used to explain the author's views on an issue. In other words, this text is argumentative.

□ is usually found in journals, newspapers, speeches, scientific books, journals, magazines, and so on.

¤ The purpose of this text is to make the reader or listener aware of an issue raised by the author or speaker.

Exposition Features

● Argumentative text accompanied by supporting reasons.

Using 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:

■ Thesis

the writer must inform the reader about the main topic he will write about. You can always find a thesis in the first paragraph of text.

■ Arguments

In the next paragraph, you can find the arguments section. The author will write an opinion to support the main topics that have been previously presented

■ Reiteration / Conclusion

This section is always located at the end of the text and is the closing paragraph of the writing. contains reaffirmation of the author's position and opinion on the main topic.

Example :

The Importance of Drinking Water

How much do you drink water today? Water is often considered insignificant but behind it all, it turns out that water has important functions for our body. There are several reasons why you should drink enough water. Firstly, interstitial fluid is obtained by drinking lots of water. Water is used by the body to digest food and help transport nutrients throughout the body. In addition, interstitial fluid is also useful for producing saliva and regulating body temperature.

The second reason is that it helps kidney work. Our kidney processes 200 liters of blood in our body every day. It also filters out waste and delivers urine to the bladder. To do all the tasks, our kidney needs enough water because water is used to clean anything that is unnecessary for our body. Furthermore, drinking water can moisturize our skin. It makes our skin feel fresh, soft, bright and smooth.

Additionally, drinking enough water every day can also improve the function of our brain. It can help us to concentrate more and unlease the nervous system in the brain. In conclusion, drinking water is important because it is needed for our interstitial fluid, helps kidney work, is good for healty skin, and improves the function of our brain.

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Conclusion: Exposition text is a text that explains a subject which can broaden the readers' horizons. To reinforce the problems presented, drawings and statistical data are usually provided. The goal is for readers to get information and knowledge as clearly as possible. So if we read this ecoposition text in various sources our insight increases so that we can see everything.