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Content of Exposition Text
Content of Exposition Text
Exposition Text
Definition
Social Function
- Thesis
- Argument 1
Text Structure - Argument 2
- Reiteration
Languages Features
Type of Exposition
Example Exercises
3. Definition of Exposition Text
Exposition Text is text that contains about the author's detailed thoughts about a
phenomenon that is around. This text is included in the argumentative text because it
shows an opinion or argument against something.
2. Social Function
1. Text Structure
Example
Honorary teacher
Thesis
One of the keys to educational success is the
performance of educators as well as teachers.
Because that is apart from the educational
facilities that need to be improved to help the
learning process, the fate of these educators
must also be considered because after all the
quality of life or life insurance teachers to
determine the quality of their performance in teaching the students.
Unfortunately, until now the fate of thousands of honorary teachers is still sad when they
are required to work as is done by the permanent teacher.
Argument
Demonstrations made by honorary teachers a few weeks ago in some areas indicate that
the government should evaluate once again the policies for education, especially about
the hiring of honorary teachers who have worked for years with a salary far worse than
the income of a caretaker.
In some areas in East Java for example, teacher’s honorarium SD only get a monthly
wage not more than 400 thousand dollars only.
In the meantime, they do full work from morning until noon as is done by the permanent
teacher.
Of course these honorary teachers survive because they still hope they will be appointed
as permanent teacher’s alias civil servants who get a decent salary and benefits for
retirement.
This expectation is reinforced by the fact that many teachers have retired while the
appointment of new teachers has not begun.
In some schools, even the full-time teachers are half as much as they should be and the
other half filled by honorary teachers.
If seen in terms of age, a lot of permanent teachers who have been aged more than 50
years and will soon retire.
Of course with such a low salary, an honorary teacher will not be able to survive if he just
rely on his salary.
If survival is difficult, how will a teacher be eager to teach and educate his students? Of
course this will be an obstacle in the field of education.
But the more terrible is that if these honorary teachers surrender and decide to look for
another job, the result can be fatal ie in the period that cannot be determined many
schools will be short of teachers and the impact is empty hours in some types of subjects
or even hours in the blank a class up to full day.
If there is no appointment of new teachers and honorary teachers to leave, it can be
predicted that teaching and learning activities in schools will stagnate or even stop for a
while until the time of appointment of new teachers or someone who wants to become
honorary teacher next.
Repeat Statement
Teachers are one of the most important elements in education.
The fate of teachers determines the fate of education because after all logic will not work
without logistics; if honorary teachers still get very low wages and not worth the
dedication and effort they are doing, in the near future there will be a big problem in the
field of education.
That's why it's should.
Exercises
1. Notice the following exposition text quotations!
The most obvious impact of the smoke disaster is health problems. More than
three months of exposure to the air mixed with smoke makes people's endurance
decreases. [...] Some of the aid to be distributed includes 125 thousand masks to
97 affected districts / municipalities, 11 tons of additional food, water purifiers,
and 4482 oximetry and sontheimer (a tool for calculating the respiratory rate of
children estimated to suffer from ARI, and 70 units of air purifier for hospitals,
oxygen concentrate and 500 units of smoke control kits to puskesmas.
The exact sentence to complete the text of the exposition above is ....
A. Seeing the increasingly alarming condition, Minister of Health
immediately instructed to re-send additional assistance to areas affected by
haze.
B. The situation is getting worse, the government cannot keep silent to see areas
affected by haze.
C. the Government will provide Death Benefit Assistance to the victims of death
from the smoke disaster.
D. Conditions are getting worse, local and provincial governments are required to
dismiss students in areas affected by haze.
6. From the text quote about the number 6, what character education does a teenager
need?
a. behave honestly, confident, polite, and caring
b. behave honestly, be creative, polite, and caring
c. creative, confident, polite, and caring
d. behave honestly, creatively, confidently, well mannered, and caring