PETA KONSEP
Pernahkah kalian membaca kalimat
atau tulisan yang berisi tentang opini (pendapat)? Misalnya seperti kalimat
berikut: “Do you agree that music is
important in our life? Yes I do, music
has certain role completing our day to day
activities.” Dalam
bahasa Inggris, kalimat itu biasanya banyak didapati dalam teks analytical exposition. Nah, untuk tahu pengertiannya dan
bagaimana penggunaannya, langsung saja kita bahas di bawah ini.
Apa itu analytical exposition?
Pengertian atau definisi analytical exposition text sebenarnya sangat mudah dipahami. Secara bahasa, “analytical” bermakna, “examining or liking to examine things very
carefully” (Cambridge). Artinya, (suka memeriksa / menguji sesuatu secara
hati-hati). Sedangkan makna exposition adalah
“a comprehensive description” atau
penjelasan secara luas.
Dengan
demikian, pengertian analytical
Exposition bisa dipahami sebagai text yang mencoba memberikan penjelasan secara komprehensif tentang
suatu masalah dengan menampilkan pendapat-pendapat
pendukung secara hati-hati.
Tujuan utama analytical
exposition text ini adalah, “to attempt
to persuade the reader to believe something by presenting one
side of the argument.” Artinya mencoba meyakinkan pembaca agar mempercayai
sesuatu dengan memberikan satu sisi pendapat
saja.”
Teks ini termasuk dalam
argumentative text karena menunjukkan suatu pendapat (argumen) terhadap
sesuatu. Fungsi sosialnya adalah untuk
meyakinkan pembaca bahwa topik yang dihadirkan adalah topik yang penting untuk
dibahas.
Sudah jelas ya? Sekarang kita akan membahas bagian apa saja yang
membentuk
analyctical
exposition text. Berikut adalah struktur textnya:
1. Thesis
Pada bagian thesis ini, penulis harus memberitahu
pembaca tentang topik utama yang
akan ditulisnya. Thesis biasanya bisa
ditemukan di paragraf pertama teks. Di bagian ini, pembaca juga bisa melihat
mengapa penulis memberikan pendapat terhadap hal yang menjadi topiknya.
2. Arguments
Di
paragraf selanjutnya, kita bisa menemukan bagian arguments. Penulis akan menuliskan pendapat untuk mendukung topik utama yang telah disampaikan
sebelumnya. Biasanya dalam analytical
exposition terdapat lebih dari dua argumen. Semakin banyak argumen yang
ditampilkan, pembaca akan semakin percaya bahwa topik yang dibahas adalah topik
yang penting atau membutuhkan perhatian.
3. Reiteration/Conclusion
Bagian ini
selalu terletak di
akhir teks dan
menjadi paragraf penutup
tulisan. Reiteration berisi penegasan kembali
posisi dan pendapat
penulis terhadap topik utama.
Agar semakin
paham, Perhatikan contoh analytical
exposition text di bawah ini:
Mari kita berlatih soal agar kalian bisa lebih paham.
To improve comfort and cleanliness at our school, a
number of dust bins should be increased.
When
we look at classrooms, school corridors and school yard, there are paper
mineral water cups, straws, and napkins here and there. The condition of
uncleanliness and discomfort really hinders learning and teaching environment.
Litters thrown carelessly cause disease, especially empty plastic cup or
glasses. They can be filled out with water coming from the rain. This can be
placed for dengue mosquitoes to spread out.
Besides,
these rubbish can deteriorate the scene. Well painted wall and green school yard
do not mean anything litters are scattered everywhere.
Anyway I notice that most of the students in our school have responsibilities for
the school environment. They put their litters on the proper places. But some
are not diligent enough to find the dust bins.
The numbers of dust bins in our schools are not enough.
One dust bins should be put beside each of steps,
outside of the classrooms, and some more also in the corridors.
Probably one dust bin should
be in every ten meters.
So when students want to throw away their litters, they can find the dust bins easily.
When school is equipped with sufficient dust bins, we do
not have problems of freak and discomfort any more. Our school will be very
clean and become a nice place to study.
1. According to the writer, more dust bins….. in
every ten meters.
A. should be decorated
B. should be painted
C. should be placed
D. are unnecessary
E. are not required
2. What is the writer’s argument on a sufficient
number of dust bins?
A. They can prevent
litters
B. They can save janitor’s energy
C. Students are asked to clean them
D. They make school environment neat
E. Students can throw
garbage away easily
3. What is the writer’s suggestion?
A. To buy more dustbins
B. To hire more gardeners
C. To use dustbins
efficiently
D. To ask parents to give more dustbins
E. To ask students to clean the school yard
udah bisa menjawabnya?
kalau belum saya kasih lagi beberapa soalnya. silahkan di pelajari
Everybody should change their way of life to reduce
global warming. There are several things that we can do. One of them is by buying and consuming fresh local groceries
as much as possible. It of
course includes local vegetables, fruits, bread, etc.
Local groceries don’t need much transportation to get it into the market. It of course
means, the amount of carbon
dioxide produced is less than the groceries from other region. Therefore, by
buying local groceries we are helping reduce the amount of carbon dioxide
produce.
Consuming fresh groceries instead of frozen ones are
healthier for us. Furthermore, fresh food or groceries means no requirements
for it to be freeze up. It means that no electricity is needed and saving
energy means reducing carbon dioxide and money.
So, from now on we should consume fresh local
groceries to reduce global warming.
1. The type of the text above is ….
A. analytical exposition
B. hortatory exposition
C. narrative
D. discussion
E. explanation
2. The generic structures of the text are ….
A. Thesis – arguments – recommendation
B. General statement – sequential explanation
C. Newsworthy events – background events – sources
D. Thesis – arguments – reiteration
E. General statement – arguments
3.
The text
gives us information about …. …
A. The ways to minimize global warning
B. The ways to increase global warning
C. The effects of global warning
D. The importance of consuming local groceries
E. The importance of knowing global warning
4. To reduce the global warming we should ….
A. Buy import product
B. Buy expensive clothes
C. Consume frozen
foods
D. Consume fresh foods
E. Not use electricity efficiently
5. We are helping reduce
the amount of global warming” (Paragraph 2) The
word reduce can be replaced by ….
A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Improve
D. Add
E. Maximize
