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Exposition Text

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  EXPOSITION TEXT Definition: Exposition is a text that elaborates the writer’s idea about the phenomenon surrounding. Purposes: To persuade the readers that idea is important matter. To persuade the readers or listeners that there is something that, certainly, needs to get attention To analyze a topic and to persuade the reader that this opinion is correct and supported by arguments Generic Structures: Thesis (Introduction): Introducing the topic and indicating the writer’s position Arguments (Body): Explaining the arguments to support the writer’s position. Reiteration (Conclusion): Restating the writer’s position. Language Features: Using relational process = Relationships between and among leaders, workers, followers, partners, co-workers, etc. people knowing and caring about people. Using external conjunctions = Enhancing by linking to real world events (Holocaust, the Final Solution, death trains) 3.      Using internal conjunction = Elaborating and i...
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Narrative Text

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 NARRATIVE TEXT Narrative text is  a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to solve the problems . An important part of narrative text is the narrative mode, the set of methods used to communicate the narrative through a process narration. Definition:    o     Narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people.    o     Narrative text is a spoken or written account of connected events, a story.    o     Narrative text is narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue.     o     Narrative text is the practice or art or narration Generic Structure of Narrative Text: 1    .        Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced. (person, time, and place) 2     .        C...
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Biography

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  BIOGRAPHY   Definition of  Biography text  Biography text is a detailed description or account of a person’s life and written by someone else, it is non-fiction text. Social Function of Biography To know a person’s story about his/her life outside of any accomplishments this person   may be known for.  To give many information easily and educate the readers. Characteristics of Biography  Biography Is not written by subject and always written in third person. Based on research.  Describes the person’s surroundings (where, when and how the person lived). Use vivid language to narrate events.  Generic Structure  Orientation (introduction) It is the opening paragraph, gives the readers the background information of the person Events In events, should be chronological order.  Re-orientation (closing) It consists of conclusion or a comment or the writer. Tell about the echievement or the contribution of the person.   Gram...
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Descriptive Text

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DESCRIPTIVE TEXT Descriptive Text is a  text which says what a person or a thing is like . Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing. ... So, it can be said that this descriptive text is a text that explains about whether a person or an object is like, whether its form, its properties, its amount and others. Definition of Descriptive Text Descriptive Text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing. In a broad sense, description, as explained by Kane (2000: 352), is defined like in the following sentence: Description is about sensory experience—how something looks, sounds, tastes. Mostly it is about visual experience, but description also deals with other kinds of perception. Thus, if we conclude it from Kane’s explanation above, the descriptive text is meaningful text that describes the experience related to the senses, such as what shape, sound, taste is. Most de...
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