ARGUMENTS IN AN ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT

Rusdi Noor Rosa

A means used to defend the idea

A means used in the process of reasoning

A statement containing evidence

An attempt to persuade someone of something, by giving reasons for accepting a particular conclusion as evident (Johnson, R.H. 2000: 46)

Argument

The act of delivering arguments is called argumentation.

Argumentation is human’s daily activities.

Oral Argumentation vs. Written Argumentation

Oral argumentation is easier than written one because the speakers can use their facial expressions, intonation and performance to emphasize their ideas.

Argument vs. Argumentation

Argumentation is human’s daily activities (Oral)

I need to buy new colour pencils

Mum, would you give me more money today?

Why?

Please give me money

I haven’t eaten yet for more than three days

strengthening the writer’s idea

winning the readers’ point of view; so that they can believe in what the writer said

containing a point followed by elaboration

Arguments in an Analytical Exposition Text

Arguments in an Analytical Exposition Text

Having a part time job provides many advantages for college students, because they can get new experience, earn money and become more responsible in their life.

Thesis

1st Argument

3rd Argument

2nd Argument

Point: getting new experience

Elaboration:

Brainstorm for the elaboration!

1st Argument

Firstly, in the job field, they can get new experience that is really valuable in their life. Sometimes the experience is the best teacher. Only few students can get a chance to have a job in the study time. In addition, in the job field, they also socialize with many people having different characteristics, so they will have experience how to face such kind of people. Automatically this is really helpful in their social interaction. For instance, they will be more patient to face arrogant and bad tempered people, and of course they can also solve their problems.

1st Argument

Point

Elaboration

Point: earning money

Elaboration:

Brainstorm for the elaboration!

2nd Argument

Secondly, they can earn money by themselves. Although the amount is not too much to fulfill their needs, but they think that the money they earn can help their parent to fulfill their own necessity, for example to buy books that can help their study. Sometimes college students feel embarrassed to ask their parent to buy books because studying in the college needs many books to be bought. Meanwhile, they don`t want to ask the money from their parent anymore, and a part time job is really helpful to overcome this problem.

2nd Argument

Point

Elaboration

Point: being more responsible in their life

Elaboration:

Brainstorm for the elaboration!

3rd Argument

Thirdly, by having part time job, they can be more responsible in their life because they are thought as a responsible people. Responsibility is the main factor that enables them to keep their job because they are expected to be professional in their work.

3rd Argument

Point

Elaboration

Exercise: Write a thesis and arguments based on this video

Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZkLpz-XTQ

Johnson, Ralph H. 2000. Manifest Rationality: A pragmatic theory of argument. New Jersey: Laurence Erlbaum.

Rosa, Rusdi Noor, et.al. 2008. English for General Purposes. Padang: Sukabina Offset.

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