Example of Analytical Exposition: Money

With money we can buy the things that we need every day. And there are many things that money can do.

Money is first of all a means of exchange. If you want to exchange some books that you do not need for a shirt, you may try to find someone who needs your books and who has the shirt that you want. But it is often hard to organize an exchange. It is easier to sell the books and then buy the shirt that you like.

Money is also a means of measuring the value of other things. It is easier to say how many rupiah a cow costs than to say that it has the same value as five goats.

We can also store value with money. It foes not spoil as fish or fruit or vegetables do when they are sold. The cost of things, of course, may change as time goes on and money that you have today may be less in the future. If it loses a lot of its value, money woll be a bad means of storing value. Then it will spoil farmer’s production spoil.

Finally, money is a means for making payments. You may buy a bicycle now and pay for it in five months, and make a payment of one-fifth on the cost every month. This is better than buying one-fifth of a bicycle at a time and not riding it until you have bought all parts. Many shopkeepers are happy to do this for you if your credit is good. That is, if you always make your payment on time.

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Analytical Exposition

An analytical exposition is a type of spoken or written text that is intended to persuade the listeners or readers that something is the case. To make the persuasion stronger, the speaker or writer gives some arguments as the fundamental reasons why something is the case. This type of text can be found in scientific books, journals, magazines, newspaper articles, academic speech or lectures, research report etc. Analytical expositions are popular among science, academic community and educated people.

A. Generic Structure of Analytical Exposition

1. Thesis : Introduces the topic and shows speaker or writer’s position; Outlines of the arguments are presented.
2. Arguments : It consists about Point and Elaboration Point, states the main argument Elaboration, develops and supports each point of argument
3. Conclusion : Reiteration (restatement), restates speaker or writer’s position

B. Generic Features

An analytical exposition focuses on generic human and non human participants. It uses mental processes. It is used to state what the writer or speaker thinks or feels about something. For example: realize, feel etc. It uses emotive and evaluative words. It often needs material processes. It is used to state what happens, e.g. ….has polluted… etc. It usually uses Simple Present Tense and Present Perfect Tense. Enumeration is sometimes necessary to show the list of given arguments: Firstly, secondly …, Finally, etc.

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Example of Generic Structure: Narrative

Snow White and Seven Dwarf

Orientation

Once upon the time the live a little girl named snow White.

Complication; Development of the crises

One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking About leaving Snow White in the castle because They both wanted to go to American and they Didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.

Resolution of the crises

Snow White did not want her uncle and Aunt to do this so she decided it would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away into the woods 

Complication; Development of the crises

Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and fell asleep 

Resolution of the crises

Mean while, she seven dwarfs were coming home from work They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up She saw the dwarfs said, “What is your name? Snow White said, “My name is Snow White” And, one of the dwarfs, said, “If you wish, You my live here with us. Snow White said, “Oh could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the hole story and snow white and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.

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Narrative

Narrative:

• IT IS USED TO ENTERTAIN, that is to gain and hold the reader’s interest in a story.
• TO TEACH and TO INFORM writer’s reflections on experience
• IT CAN BE IMAGINARY or FACTUAL (fairy tales, mysteries, fables, romances, adventures stories, myths and legends), or it can be complicated event that leads to a crises that finally find a solution.

Generic Structure:

ORIENTATION

• introduces participants/character (who)
• sets the scene (when & where)

COMPLICATION

• Development of a Crises: a crisis arises, something happened unexpectedly

RESOLUTION

• Solution of the crisis: for better or for worse

RE-ORIENTATION

•  closing to the narrative (optional)
• coda: changes of characters, lesson taken from the story

Language Features:

• Certain nouns are as pronoun of person, animal, certain thing in a story. E.g.. Stepsister, house work.
• Adjectives that form noun phrases, for example : long black air, two red apples, etc.
• Time connectives and conjunction to arrange the events, for example: then, before that, soon, etc.
• Adverb and adverbial phrase to point the place of event, for example: here, in the mountain, happily ever after.

• Action verbs are past tense: stayed, climbed, etc.
• Saying verbs that refer to what the human participants said, told, promised; and thinking verbs indicating thought, perception or feeling of the characters in a story, for example: felt, thought, understood
• Dialog often included and the tenses change according to the circumstances

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