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Types of Exposition: ‘persuading that’ and ‘persuading to’.

Exposition can be defined as the characteristic feature of these texts is that they attempt to justify something, to provide reasons to support some thesis. There are two types of exposition based on differences in the purposes they achieve. The two types identifies are ‘analytical’ and ‘hortatory’ expositions. The previous attempt to persuade the recipient that something is true, while the latter try to persuade the recipient to do something. Analytic expositions are often associated with academic speaking and writing. Hortatory expositions include texts such as political speeches, letters to the editor and office memos designed to change employee behavior. The function of Exposition is to interpret and explain, so realizing cause and effects are important. Expositions are about why. The personality in Exposition is about the writing is often characterized as impersonal. It can be used to express attitudes and feelings and then look at how these structures are used in Exposition. Metaphor is usually something that teachers associate with poetry and narrative. Expository metaphors are rarely realized through simile-that is the poet’s tool. Expositions are not just Report of Descriptions. Rather things are explained in order to interpret the world. And metaphors are an effective way of getting beyond the obvious. Expositions are supposed to be rational and in our culture, reason and emotion are felt to be diametrically opposed to be rational.

REFLECTION

From this chapter, I realized that there are many writing styles that the writer use, one of them is by using the metaphor, means that we use the metaphor to describe something as if it were something else with which it shares some common qualities. We can use metaphor for criticizes someone because we did not say it straight to the point so it will not hurt their feeling. Besides that, metaphor is really important for the poetic because metaphor is really unique and beautiful. I also realized that there are relationship between the writer’s choices and how these choices influence the reader. A metaphor plays a key role in enabling us to talk about and construct the world, and allows language users the flexibility to cope with rapidly changing circumstances. As a language reader, we are able to make sense of our world, and communicate that sense to others. But one more things for sure is important is the metaphors we choose, however, are reflections of both our personal and cultural perspectives. Besides that, the choice of metaphorical language in a text can help us understand the writer’s perspective and ideology.