EXPOSITION TEXT

 

EXPOSITION TEXT

A series of sentences that aim to explain an idea from one point of view to the reader

Social Function (The purpose of an exposition test is to persuade your audience to look at an issue with your perspective)

Structure of Exposition Text

1.) Title

tells about the topic of the essay

2.) Introduction

- This is the starting point of an exposition essay

- Here you state the topic and establish the point view (thesis statement)

- Introductory statement should be an emotial statement or a question that is an attention grabber

- A preview of the points you plan to make to support your thesis

3.) Body

- A series of arguments to convince the audience

- Each paragraph starts with a new argument

- Each paragraph has a main point, reason for the main point and evidence to support the main point

- Use of emotive words, mental verbs, causal conjuctions to persuade the audience

- Each paragraph has to be logically linked to the previous paragraph and to the thesis statement

4.) Conclusion

- Reiterates or restates the thesis statement

- Summarizes what has been stated

Types of Exposition Text 

1.) Analytical Exposition

Analytical exposition is a text that elaborates the writers idea about the phenomenon surrounding. It's social function is to persuade the readers that the idea is important matter.

2.) Hortatory Exposition

Hortatory exposition is a written English text in which the writer persuades people that something should/should not be the case.The function of the hortatory exposition is to persuade the reader that something should or should not be the case.

Cramminng is Bad

How do you study when the test is coming? Do you start preparing for the weeks or moths before the test or leave things to the last hour? If you start studying weeks or months before the test, is great. However, if you study all the material in the last hour or minute, it’s not good for you and it’s called cramming.

Cramming is the situation when students stay up until morning to study before their test. This habit can lead to negative impacts for some reason. The first reason is that disruptions in the regular sleep cycle can cause temporary intellectual lapses. For most students, less sleep can make them could not focus in the class. Additionally, cramming can leave us with “something that I have seen before” in our memory. However, being able to recognize something is not the same as being able to recall it. Besides that, each person has their different sleeping time, so some of them often use a stimulant for cramming. Furthermore, that stimulant gives bad effect to its consumers.

The example stimulant is coffee. It causes many problems such as Caffeine Intoxiation Syndrome, anxiety, panic, headaches, and so on. To sum up, cramming is bad because it disturbs our regular sleep cycle which cause temporary intellectualn lapses and using stimulant for cramming gives bad effect to our health.

 

Conclusion : 

Exposition text is to persuade your audience to look at an issue with your perspective and the types of exposition text is Analytical Exposition Text and Hortatory Exposition Text

INVITATION CARD

INVITATION CARD

Invitation is a letter is usually in the form of a card asking the recipient to attend an event

Types of Invitations : 

1. FORMAL

2. INFORMAL

1.) FORMAL INVITATION

    is an invitation which follows a dignified from, tone or style in agreement with the established norms, customs or values

Example :     

An invitation to the opening of a school

An invitation to a graduation ceremony

An invitation to a wedding

Social Function ( inviting people to formal and social events )

Common Format of a Formal Invitation:

1. First line is the name(s) of the person(s) who invite(s)
2. Second line is the request for participation
3. Third is the names of the person(s) invited
4. Fourth line is the occasion for invitation
5. Fifth line is the time and date of the occasion
6. Sixth ine is the place of the occasion
7. Last line is the request to reply

Linguistic Characteristics:

Simple, precise, and concise words

Detailed information

The tone should be friendly and sincere. Words should be chosen carefully.

The style of writing should be formal.

Structure

Addresses of the addresser and the addresse

Salutation

Body

-State for whom the invitation is and by who it is given

-Reasons of invitation

-Date

-Time

-Place

-R.S.V.P (it's a French word "respondez s'il vous plait" 

which means "please reply")

Signature

The format of the envelope for the invitation is addressed the same way as the envelope of a letter

Responding to Formal Invitations

1. Acceptance

-Mr. and Mrs. Sanjaya accept the invitation with pleasure

2. Declining / Regretting

-Mr and Mrs. Sanjaya regret to decline the invitation due to health reasons

2.) INFORMAL INVITATION

    Informal invitations are used to invite someone on casual or informal occasions. 

Usually given to close friends or family.

Example : 

Birthday party invitation

Tea party invitation

Formal Invitation Dialog 

Nadila     :  Hello Mrs. i would like to invite you to my wedding party

Ismi         :  May i know when and where ?

Nadila     :  This sunday at 9 p.m at the Whiz Hotel

Ismi         :  Okay i will be there 

Nadila     :  Great! i'll see you then!

Ismi         :  My pleasure. See you then!

Informal Invitation Dialog

Ismi            :  What's in your hand? 

Nadila        :  Oh yeah, this is my birthday party invitation, here's yours.

Ismi            : The invitation card is good, who designed it?

Nadila        :  I made it, is it really good?

Ismi            : Yes, it is very good, I will attend your birthday party. 

Nadila        :  Alright I'll wait for you at my party.

Conclusion :

There are two types of invitation card that is formal invitation card and informal invitation card.

Example for formal invitation card is invitation to a wedding and informal invitation card is birthday party invitation.