Analytical Exposition

Welcome to Activity III. In this activity we will enjoy learning what an analytical exposition is and how to write it. Well. Are you ready? Let's begin.

Learning Outcomes

Attitude

To uphold and apply religious values, moral values, ethical values, personal and social values (honesty, discipline, accountability, independence), care and respect for differences and diversity, tolerance, peace, collaboration, and nationalism.

Knowledge

1. To understand, apply, and compare the social functions, text structures, and lexico-grammatical features of a number of analytical exposition texts in regard to the contexts of situation;
2. To apply the knowledge to engage in social functions with analytical exposition texts in contextually acceptable text structures and lexico-grammatical features.

Skills

1. To demonstrate the differences and similarities between a number of analytical exposition texts from varied contexts of situation in regard to the social functions, text structures, and lexico-grammatical features.
2. To produce a number of analytical exposition texts for contextually acceptable social functions with contextually acceptable text structures and lexico-grammatical features.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1. To identify the differences and similarities of several analytical exposition texts as compared to other texts from varied contexts of situation in regard to the social functions, text structures, and lexico-grammatical features.
2. To produce two analytical exposition texts for contextually acceptable social functions with contextually acceptable text structures and lexico-grammatical features.

Learning Materials

The learning materials in this activity will be divided into two main sections: Key Features of the Text and Meaning Making Tasks. Study them carefully and do each of the tasks that follows.

Key Features

Analytical Exposition

Social Function

To persuade the readers or listeners that something is the case.

Generic Structure

Thesis:

• Position: Introduces topic and indicates writer’s position
• Preview : Outlines the main arguments to be presented.

Argument:

• Point:  Restates main argument outlined in preview
• Elaboration:    Develops and supports each point/argument 

Reiteration:

• Restates writer’s position

Significant Lexico-grammatical Features

• Focus on generic human and non-human participants
• Use of simple present tense
• Use of relational processes
• Use of internal conjunction to stage argument
• Reasoning through causal conjunction or nominalization.

Source: (Gerot, L., & Wignell, P. (1994). Making sense of functional grammar.

Meaning Making Tasks

This section is divided into three parts. The first part, Getting to Know with  Analytical Exposition Texts, includes a number of Tasks in which you will be guided to analyse 

1. the social functions,
2. the text structures,
3. the lexico-grammatical features of analytical exposition from three different contexts of situation.

The second part is for you to identify differences and similarities of the analytical exposition texts by comparing them with other texts. The third part is constructing analytical exposition texts in which you will have to write some analytical exposition texts to properly address the social functions, the text structures, and the lexico-grammatical features.