Expository Text

WHY ARE TEEN SMOKE CIGARETES

Smoking is bad thing which bring many bad effect for body health because in one cigarte consist so many poison which of course can decrease immunity. But in fact, most of poeple in our country (Indonesia) are smoker, actually not only for adult as smoker, but also so many teenagers rightnow smoke cigaretes, why it’s can happen?

Several things below are some factors which influence why teen smokes cigarete. Firstly, some teenegers look his/her friend or other people who smoking cigarete. Secondly they feel vexed why people smoke cigarete, what thing that they will get if they smoke, and what is the sense of cigarete, because of that teens who never smoke before want to try to smoke, but they still feel scared to try it. Thirdly, actually in this level when a teeneger feel vexed to smoke they still have feeling scared to try to smoke, but badly, people around them who have smoked or smoker sometimes influence or even ask them try to smoke althogh just one cigarete. Because their vexed feeling and their feeling to can make asociate with the other one, finally they try to smoke.  Fourthly, after a teeneger try to smoke, althouhg just one cigarete, it’s will be give effect for him/her to try again. Fifthly, after they try to smoke for several times, of course it have influenced them to smoke cigarete anytime they want, and why it can be happen? Actually in cigarete consist one essence which called nicotin, it’s essence influence someone to smoke again and again because nicotin in cigarete works like opium.

That’s all about some factors which can influence teens to smoke, and actually it’s begin from social environment around them which of course can influence them to smoke. Because many poison consist in cigarete, smoke cigarete is bad for teens, and family role is very important to prevent it.

“SOMETHING I WISH I HAD”

My name is eko yunius setiawan and right now i 19 years old, i was born in adirejo village 20 june 1994. Actually i live in Adirejo village, but right now I live in 38 B Banjarejo village  Batang Hari, because I have to continue my study in Muhammadiyah University of metro and I have taken English department there. That is a few information about me.

I thing everyone in the world have the wish, maybe wishes about love, life, economy, and so on. As usual human I also have many wishes, and one of my wishes is I wish I had ability to fly, I mean I can fly without any devices such as air plain, helicopter, parachute or something else, just pure of my ability to fly. Maybe it can not called a wish, but maybe  it just a crazy dream of crazy human, and it is me, becouse I will never can do it in my life and destiny of human is notable to fly. Of course my wish just now is imposible, but if it can be true in my life, I will do anything I want with my ability to fly, such as I fly as high as I can, fly as fast as I can, I will fly and penetrate the cloudes in the sky play with cloudes, fly orund the world, and I want to vissit many place in this world, and maybe I can help someone else with my ability to fly if I can fly of course. Of course I can not do it in my real life, but I hope I can do it in my dream when I sleep, although just in my dream I will have been sutisfied.

Dispite of my wish is can not be true it no problem to me, I still can fly use any devices such as air plain, helicopter, parachute or something else and I will do it later in my future, although it is not pure ability of human to fly, I gratefull to the god for my life so far.

THE DESCRIPTON OF NARATIVE WRITING

Narative writing is tell story that hapens in the past. Narative has social function that is to tell stories eather in present which is called present narative, past events which called past narative and furure which called future narative, to entertain the readers. A good  narative writing is more then a list of random events, it sets up the tale, builds to a high point, and winds down during the resolution. Narative writing usuallhy has tension a problem to be solved  or a challenge to be overcome.  Narative is used most aften in fables, myths and legends, adventure stories, thrillers, period dramas.

How to feffer narative writing with other genre?

Narative is a text focusing some specifc participants that have several structural feature making different from other genres. But actully narative writing is almost same with recount writing both of them tell about past events. The basic deferent between them is narative has a problem/conflict to be solved and it can be happy ending or sad ending, and recount text only tell about series of events in the logical order.

Steps to write a narative writing

To write a narative writing you need to tell a story usually story that happened to you or other people, tell about events and problem exist in the strory and how to solved it, and your writing will bi easier if you make it in interesting way.

Steps:

Introduction/orientation

•          It also introducing the participants of the story and introduction grabs the         reader’s attention
•          Informing setting of time and place
•          It also introduce some characters involved in the story
•          Give a hint of the problem to come

Example:

     An unforgettable experience in my life was a magnitude earthquake. I was at my home with my older sister and younger brother.

Body

•       Can be single or numberous paragraph
•          Provide lots of details, adjectives, adverbs and action words.
•          Describing the rising crises or problem
•          Conside the secuence of events

Example:

     Suddenly our apartment started shaking. At first, none of us relized what was happening. Then my sister yelled, “earthuake! Get unter something!. A  half rolled and half crawled across the room to get under the dining table. My sister also yelled at my little brother to get under his desk. Meanwhile, my sister was on the kitchen floor holding her arms over her head to protect it from falling dishes. The earthquake lasted than a minute, but it seemed like a year to us. At last, the shaking stoped. 

Ending

•          Showing the way of participant to solve the problem better or worse
•          Provide a thougt or moral massage (coda)

    Example:

          For a minute or two, we were too scared to move. Then we tried to call our parent at work, but even our cellphone did not work. Next, we cheked the apartment for damage. We felt very lucky for nothing was broken axcept a few dishes. However, our firts earthquake as an experience that none of us will over forget.

Showing the topic sentence of the text

The bold lined sentence is the topic sentence of each paragraph

                                  EARTHQUAKE

An unforgettable experience in my life was a magnitude earthquake. I was at my home with my older sister and younger brother.

     Suddenly our apartment started shaking. At first, none of us relized what was happening. Then my sister yelled, “earthuake! Get unter something!. A  half rolled and half crawled across the room to get under the dining table. My sister also yelled at my little brother to get under his desk. Meanwhile, my sister was on the kitchen floor holding her arms over her head to protect it from falling dishes. The earthquake lasted than a minute, but it seemed like a year to us. At last, the shaking stoped.

     For a minute or two, we were too scared to move. Then we tried to call our parent at work, but even our cellphone did not work. Next, we cheked the apartment for damage. We felt very lucky for nothing was broken axcept a few dishes. However, our firts earthquake as an experience that none of us will over forget.

It is the explanation why the bold lined in the paragraph abouve called topic sentence of each paragraph, because it’s sentence is the topic of each paragraph which can be developing to the suporting detail, and the sentences after this bold lined sentence in each paragraph always have relation with it.

Identifying Paragraph With Adequate And Inadequate Cohesion

A.   THE WAY WRITE PARAGRAPH WITH ADEQUATE AND INADEQUATE COHESION :

1)      Fixing the main idea or topic sentences.

2)      Making supporting sentences that support the main idea or topic sentences in detail.

3)      Develop a paragraph base on supporting sentences in a paragraph.    

4)      Conclude that sentences become concluding sentences.The concluding sentences can  be summary, logical, suggestion.

5)      Revising the paragraph with added the components of cohesion like    relevance,chronological order, linking word or transition word, 

a.       repetition of keywords  become a good paragraph.

6)      The first sentences has related to the next sentences.        

B.  UNDERSTANDING of COHESION :

Cohesion is revising to make sure that your words, ideas, and paragraphs fit together. Without cohesive sentences, readers feel like they are reading a long list of unrelated ideas.  They often have trouble remembering what you said. They also have trouble understanding how these ideas connect to one another, which may mean that they don’t understand the main point in your essay.  When your writing is not cohesive, it’s very difficult to be an effective communicator.

C.  THE DEFERENCES BETWEEN COHESION AND COHERENCE

1  Cohesion

Cohesion is combination the ideas from one sentence to the next sentences in a paragraph.

It has four components, they are relevance, chronological order, linking word or transition word, repetition of key word.

2  Coherence

Coherence is arrangement of relationship the ideas stick together from one sentence to the next sentences in a paragraph. Paragraph coherence is achieved when sentences are ordered in a logical manner and when clear transitions link sentences.

The components of coherence are chronological sequence, modified chronology, spatial position of different objects, logical form of sentences.

D.   ANALYZING WITH ADEQUATE OR INADEQUATE COHESION

Any Things About Me

            Well everyone, I have any things to explaint to you all, it is real about me which can make you know more about me such as: my name, my hobby, my addres, and so on. Further, I hope you can take more adventages about all of info in this text.

            My name is Eko Yunius Setiawan, and every people always call me Eko, but there are some people who call me chibi, it is real, and actually I do not know what their reason to call me like that I just guess may be I am a cute boy. I was born in Adirejo village on 20 June 1993 now I am 20 years old, and I live in Adirejo, Jabung East Lampung. My father’s name is Sugiman, and my mother’s name is Harsi and I realy love them. I am a real handsome boy with thin beard and moustache. I have black short waved hair, pointed nose, brown skin, and I has tall body based on indonesian people, my body high is abouve 170 cm. Some times I can be a silence person, but some times I can be a funny person. And then about my education background, firstly in garden kids Adirejo, secondly is Adirejo elementary school, thirdly is Jabung Junior High School, fourthly is Pasir Sakti Senior High School, and now I have been continud my study in Muhammadiyah University of Metro, and I take English department because have big interesting with it. Furthermore about my hobby is play football, fishing, travelling etc. But, now when I have registered as undergraduate of Muhammadiyah University of Metro, when I do not have subject in my campus I am seldom to spend my spare time to gether with my friends and learn about computer. I think that’s all about me, and I hope you all can take more adventages about me.

Sentences 1

            My name is Eko Yunius Setiawan, and every people always call me Eko, but there are some people who call me chibi, it is real, and actually I do not know what their reason to call me like that I just guess may be I am a cute boy.

Explanation (categorized into cohesion)

Those sentences include of cohesion because sentences after my real name Eko Yunius Setiawan have relation with it, or still develope it.

Sentences 2

I was born in Adirejo village on 20 June 1993 now I am 20 years old, and I live in Adirejo, Jabung East Lampung. My father’s name is Sugiman, and my mother’s name is Harsi and I realy love them.

Explanation (categorized into cohesion)

It  sentences are include of cohesion because it explain of my birth day, and it contain of adverb of time and adverb of place, and the sentence after that about my age and my addres now have relation with the first sentence.

Sentences 3

I am a real handsome boy with thin beard and moustache. I have black short waved hair, pointed nose, brown skin, and I has tall body based on indonesian people, my body high is abouve 170 cm.

Explanation (categorized into cohesion)

These sentences contain of two sentences, and it is include of cohesion because the second sentence still develop the first sentence

Sentences 4

And then about my education background, firstly in garden kids Adirejo, secondly is Adirejo elementary school, thirdly is Jabung Junior High School, fourthly is Pasir Sakti Senior High School, and now I have been continud my study in Muhammadiyah University of Metro, and I take English department because have big interesting with it.

Explanation (categorized into cohesion)

These sentences include of cohesion because it use chronological order to connect each other.