ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION

 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.

Language Features:

• Focus on generic human and non-human participants, e.g.: car, pollution, leaded petrol car

• Use abstract noun, e.g.: policy, government

• Use of relational processes, e.g.: It is important

• Modal verbs, e.g.: we must preserve

• Modal adverbs, e.g.: certainly we.

• Connective or Use of internal conjunction to state argument, e.g.: first, secondly, then, finally)

• Evaluative language, e.g.: important, valuable, trustworthy, etc.

• Giving reasons through causal conjunction

• (e.g. so, thus, therefore, hence)

• Use of present tense

• Passive sentence

The example of Analytical Exposition:

SHOULD CHILDREN WEAR HATS AT SCHOOL?
(Statement of position):

I believe that you should always wear a hat at school when you are playing outside , to stop you from getting sunburn.
(Argument 1):
Firstly, if you don’t wear a hat, you will get sunburn ant the sunburn is painful.
(Argument 2):
Secondly, sunburn could lead to skin cancer. Sunburn can lead to health problems later in life. Many older people suffer from skin cancer which can kill them.
(Reinforcement of position statement):
In my opinion all school students should wear hats.