UNIT 5 : AUDIENCE AND IMPACT

READING 5.3 (TYPES OF EXPOSITION. ‘PERSUADING THAT’ AND ‘PERSUADING TO’)

Based on presentation by Nadiah and Anisah, they present focuses on a type of text terms ‘exposition’. The characteristic features of these texts that are provide reason to support some thesis. Thesis is the main point of argument. Most effective ways is distinguishing differences types of exposition, which is to take this element. Thesis looks more closely of what being argued for. The writer distinguishes between 2 types of exposition based on different purpose they achieve. The 2 types are ‘analytical’ and ‘hortatory’ exposition. The former attempt to persuade the recipient that something is true, while the latter try to persuade the recipient to do something hortatory are ‘persuades to’, to explain why they should change, spoke while the analytical are ‘persuade that’ to explain why things are as they are written (academic speaking and writing). Comment about the presenter is they were reading the text and not came up with their own examples. This can makes audience do not understand what they were present, in exposition and metaphor, metaphor is usually something that teachers associate with poetry and narrative. Metaphor expressed in this way are less explicit that those created by similes. The presenter also includes in critical literacy and from reading, audience can identify differences between analytical and hortatory exposition and can change our perception towards speaking and writing.For this presentation, audience not really understand and they also include 10 elements in this presentation.