Contoh Hortatory Exposition

Definition :

            Hortatory exposition is a type of spoken or written text that is intended to persuade the listeners or readers that something should or should not happen or be done.

            Hortatory is similar to analytical exposition but if we have to differentiate both from one to each other, we have one useful tool by making analysis on the generic structure. What makes hortatory different from analytical exposition is the last finalizing step which analytical exposition is ended by a reiteration while hortatory is finalized by certain a recommendation.

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Perbedaan Novel Indonesia atau Terjemahan dengan Hikayat

Novel

             Secara bahasa, kata novel berasal dari  bahasa Itali novella yang berarti kabar atau berita. Novel merupakan salah satu karya sastra baru (modern) berbentuk prosa. Novel biasanya mengisahkan penggalan kehidupan seorang atau beberapa orang tokoh dengan beragam konflik yang dihadapinya sehingga menimbulkan perubahan nasib. Novel termasuk karya fiksi, yakni berdasarkan imajinasi (khayalan). Beberapa novel diangkat dari kisah nyata, namun tetap dalam penulisannya harus bersifat fiktif.

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Contoh Spoof text dan Analisisnya

Loving Money Too Much

There was a man who liked money very much. He worked all of his life and wanted to save all of his money for his own future. He was a real miser when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything.

Even, just before he died, he said to his wife; "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. I wanna take my money to the afterlife." So he asked his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him.

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