Analytical Exposition

Purpose
� To persuade by presenting arguments

� To analyze or explain �how� and �why�


Text Organization
� A thesis

� Arguments

� Reiteration


Language Features
� Emotive words
(e.g.: alarmed, worried)

� Words that qualify statements
(e.g.: usual, probably)

� Words that link arguments
(e.g.: firstly, however, on the other hand, therefore)

� The use of the present tense

� The use of compound and complex sentences