PERSUASIVE TEXT

Reading Comprehension III

“PERSUASIVE TEXT”

7 GROUP.

HARIYANTI

SUSILAWATI

MERVIANA KAMALISA (114.111.33)

FAKULTAS PENDIDIKAN BAHASA DAN SENI

INSITUT KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN (IKIP) MATARAM

2012.

FOREWORD

            With utter gratitude to Almighty God, who has given grace and hidayahnya so we can complete the task of reading comprehension III. In preparing this assignment we got a lot of help and guidance from some parties, and we as authors make mistakes in compiling our job is.
So we were making up this task, we are looking forward to further criticism and constructive suggestions so that we can improve the quality of our job properly. Finally, we hope that this task can be useful especially for authors and readers in general.       

 Amin…

CONTENT LIST

FOREWORD  …………………………………………………..

BAB I INTRODUCTION

A.      DEFINITION

B.      GENERIC STRUCTURE

C.      CHARACTERISTIC

D.      PURPOSE

E.       GENERAL FUNCTION

BAB II DISCUSSION

BAB III CONCLUSION

REFERENCE

BAB I

INTRODUCTION.

A.      DEFINITION.

Persuasive text is aims to persuade the reader to want to do something in accordance with the wishes of the author. In order for the goal to be achieved, the author should be able to put forward evidence with data and facts.

B.      GENERIC STRUCTURE.

The organisation of the structural components of a persuasive text (introduction, body and conclusion) into an appropriate and effective text structure.

1.      Introduction / OPENING STATEMENT

• Get the readers attention by using a "hook."
• Give some background information if necessary.
• Thesis or focus statement

2.      Body  / ARGUMENTS

• The writer then provides evidence to support the opinion offered in the thesis statement in the introduction. The body should consist of at least three paragraphs. Each paragraph is based on a solid reason to back your thesis statement. Since almost all issues have sound arguments on both sides of the question, a good persuasive writer tries to anticipate opposing viewpoints and provide counter-arguments along with the main points in the essay. One of the three paragraphs should be used to discuss opposing viewpoints and your counter-argument.

3.      Conclusion

A piece of persuasive writing usually ends by summarizing the most important details of the argument and stating once again what the reader is to believe or do.

1. Restate your thesis or focus statement.
2. Summarize the main points: The conclusion enables your reader to recall the main points of your position. In order to do this you can paraphrase the main points of your argument
3. . Write a personal comment.

C.     CHARACTERISTIC.

Characteristics Persuasive Text
As for some features of persuasive paragraphs:
•    Expressing thoughts, ideas, or opinions.
•    Aimed at influencing the attitude and opinion of the reader so that they want to do, act or do something voluntarily, according to the desired author.
•    Proving truth, the author's opinion so as to create confidence and trust in the reader.
•    Using several techniques such as rationalism, identification, autosuggestion, projections and replacement.

·          Written in simple present tense

·         a movement usually from the generic to the specific.

D.    PURPOSE

Purpose

 to argue a case from a particular point of view

 to attempt to convince the reader/listener

Persuasive texts (both oral and written) usually involve carefully and strategically, selecting and organising

information – often as a series of major points, each of which may require elaboration (explanation, evidence

and/or examples) – and have the specific intention of encouraging the reader into a particular way of seeing

or understanding things. This intention may, however, sometimes be covert. Such texts generally make use

of devices like vocabulary choice, rhetorical questions and even simple psychology in order to influence the

reader (e.g. Any sensible person can see that... ).They often also combine other modes of communication

(e.g. visual images) with written text in order to achieve the desired effect on their audience.

Like all text types, variants of persuasion can occur and they can be combined with other text types.

Persuasion is not always necessarily a distinct text-type in its own right, and elements of persuasive writing

can be found in many different texts, both on paper or on screen.

BAB II

DISCUSSION.

Where you can found Persuasive text ???

            Persuasive text can be found in essays, articles and adverstiments. In oral form we usually find persuasive in campaign dan speech.

            EXAMPLE.

1.     Persuasive Essay.

Why People Should Read Books.

http://academichelp.net/samples/essays/persuasive/people-read-books.html

It is quite a disappointment that people have stopped reading books. Books used to be the only kind of intellectual entertainment just a hundred years ago, but, with the invention of radio, television, cinematography, and, most recently, the Internet and computer games, it seems that reading books is no longer an option of a leisure activity, at least for the younger generation. However, I believe that books are an irreplaceable part of our lives, and the role that good books play on the personal growth and development of a particular person throughout one’s life, is a remarkable one. Books can hardly be replaced with movies, music and interactive TV shows, and there are several reasons for that.

            First of all, books expand our knowledge and conception of the world around us. You may argue that movies and TV documentaries do just that too, but I believe that books are a much better alternative, since they allow each reader to experience the same story using one’s own imagination. When a hundred people watch a movie or a TV show, they see the same thing – whatever the director and the operator wish to show. Books are very different. The experience achieved through reading is richer and more personal, since the same description and the same word choice will result in as many different interpretations as there are readers. We are all unique, and books allow us to experience whatever is narrated, in the light of our own personal values, through our ideas and our imagination.

            Secondly, books enrich our vocabulary, introduce us to new notions and offer us a wider choice of words. With every book you read, you become more intelligent. Even reading one seemingly more primitive pulp fiction book per month, can enrich one’s personal vocabulary with dozens of new words, help build more concise sentences and express oneself better, make one’s speech more intelligent and sophisticated. Watching certain TV programs and documentary movies can also widen one’s vocabulary, but hardly as effectively as books do, since when reading, we operate with both visual and audial (if reading aloud) receptors, so our perception becomes more effective and our memory works more efficiently. In addition to that, our imagination reproduces mental pictures of what we are reading about, so a new word automatically links to a certain image and a certain feeling that it relates to. Therefore, reading books is a great tool when it comes to learning and developing one’s vocabulary at any age.
Finally, books are a great source of inspiration. Unlike fine art, architecture or travelling, books help us create our own mental illustration for everything we read on paper. So, in a way, books make us all artists and creators of our own mental cartoon, movie or illustration collection. Every image we create ourselves is automatically allotted a certain emotion, whether a simple or a more complicated one. So, every mental image that a written word causes is vibrant with feelings and emotions. This is what makes books so powerful and so memorable. This is what makes books evolutive for all of us. Books are an endless source of inspiration and motivation to become a better person.

            I am certain that creating a system of symbols and eventually an alphabet, words, and books was the greatest invention of humankind. Of course, the books I am talking about are classics, those that do not have an expiration date and will be priceless for any generation. Books like that stay forever, they cannot die and cannot become outdated. They will keep sparking new ideas, inspiring new deeds and enriching the lives of every generation to come. Therefore, I am positive that books will eventually regain their popularity for today’s youth, since, unlike the popular kinds of entertainment in fashion today, books are those roots to which people will always go back, in search of the motivation, inspiration and aspiration, to find the meaning and value of things in life.

2.     Persuasive Articles.

What is Love, Anyway? A "Twilight"

By Zakiametoo, Philadelphia, PA

http://www.teenink.com/opinion/sports_hobbies/article/99822/What-is-Love-Anyway-A-Twilight

If you were given two choices, which would you choose: to either live for an eternity with a controlling boyfriend whilst leaving behind all traces of your former life and family, or to live your life to your fullest with a happy, loving boyfriend who gives you your freedom while keeping your family close? A hard choice to make, isn’t it? How about choosing heroin over fresh, crisp, air? In the world of Twilight Edward Cullen is the ‘perfect’ vampire boyfriend that Bella is madly in love with but later unfortunately dumps Bella and moves away. In enters Jacob Black, a friend of the family who picks up the pieces of Bella’s heart and helps her heal by offering her friendship, laughter, and smiles. But then, (cue dramatic music) Edward puts himself in danger and Bella comes to his rescue. Edward wants to make a reappearance in Bella’s life, and Jacob has been there through the fire. Which to choose, which to choose? Jacob Black’s love is the healthiest and happiest choice for Bella- he makes Bella genuinely happy and makes it clear where he stands for her; he gives her the freedom to make her own decisions and live her own life; and their love is real and together they can grow along with their love.

            Before Jacob came along, Bella’s life was in total darkness; the light of her life was gone and she was stuck in a rut. With Jacob came light. In New Moon, Chapter 6, page 145, Bella describes Jacob as, “Jacob was simply a perpetually happy person, and he carried that happiness with him like an aura, sharing it with whoever was near him. Like an earthbound sun, whenever someone was within his gravitational pull, Jacob warmed them. It was natural, a part of who he was. No wonder I was so eager to see him.” Bella gravitated to his happiness, she was the moth to his light. He made her laugh for the first time in months as it says in New Moon, Chapter 6, page 141, “I was laughing, actually laughing, and there wasn’t even anyone watching. I felt so weightless that I laughed again, just make the feeling last longer.” In the subject of sincerity and openness, Jacob scores a perfect 10. He lets her know exactly what he feels for her and listens and accepts what she feels for him in return. In Eclipse, Chapter 14, page 327, Jacob confesses, “I’m in love with you, Bella. Bella, I love you. And I want you to pick me instead of him. I know you don’t feel that way, but I need the truth out there so that you know your options. I wouldn’t want a miscommunication to stand in our way.”

            When Edward makes his reappearance, he brings with him a possessive and overprotective trait that stains Bella and his relationship. He becomes so concerned with her safety he starts to forbid her from doing some of her favorite activities, such as going to La Push to see Jacob. His attempts become obsessive when he starts messing with her car so that she can’t sneak out and go without his knowing and by kidnapping her to his house to be babysat by his sister to make sure she stays where he knows. He disregards her feelings towards his new concerns and doesn’t listen to her when she insists she would be just as safe with Jacob as with Edward. However, this could all be avoided if Bella chose Jacob- he gives Bella the freedom to do what she pleases. If Bella wanted to do something reckless, Jacob would not only let her, he would be right beside her doing it with her while making sure she didn’t hurt herself. In New Moon, Chapter 16, page 367, Jacob says “Look, do you mind saving the stupid stuff for when I’m around? I won’t be able to concentrate if I think you’re jumping off cliffs behind my back.”, proof that he prefers to be around when Bella decides to do something reckless so that he’s able to protect her from herself. Jacob is also not afraid to tell Bella the truth. He knows she’s strong enough to be able to deal with it and he’s not afraid to scare her with it. However, Edward keeps information from her that he thinks will scare her and instead makes decisions for her about the situation without telling her until last minute. Like Jacob says in Eclipse, Chapter 3, page 81, “Better frightened than lied to.”

            Bella and Edward are the obvious love pairing in Twilight. Their chemistry, which is extremely high, plays a major part in their love: Edward is particularly attracted to the scent of her blood and is amazed that he cannot read her mind; Bella is struck by his surreal beauty and his mysterious vampire life. Without these factors, would these two have ended up together in normal circumstances? Jacob Black was already making his way into her life- his father and Bella’s father were best friends and their paths would have collided even without Bella speeding up the process by going to him for help. With Jacob’s easy warmth and friendliness, Bella and Jacob would have ended up together naturally. In Eclipse, Chapter 26, page 599, Jacob says,
“I’m exactly right for you, Bella. It would have been effortless for us — comfortable, easy as breathing. I was the natural path your life would have taken... If the world was the way it was supposed to be, if there were no monsters and no magic...” Indeed it would have been an easy, effortless love. With Edward, Bella can’t trust Edward’s love completely after he left, not that she was completely sure of it in the beginning; getting over being lied to about someone loving you is a hard thing to do. Since Edward is a vampire, he is frozen in time. In Eclipse, Chapter 22, page 500, he says “You think of me as a... living stone — hard and cold. That’s true. We are set the way we are, and it is very rare for us to experience a real change. When that happens, as when Bella entered my life, it is a permanent change. There’s no going back...” Edward’s feelings for Bella are permanent but since Bella is a human, and a very young one at that, she has a lot of room left to grow and change. In a healthy relationship, a couple should be able to grow and change together through life- it’s a part of life and therefore a part of love. Bella and Edward’s relationship is co-dependent and can be considered borderline abusive when adding in the manipulations Edward made to ensure Bella was ‘safe’. Also, after his return, Edward made sure to tell Bella of how he literally wouldn’t live without her, as in New Moon, Chapter 23, page 509, “ I thought I’d explained it clearly before. Bella, I can’t live in a world where you don’t exist.” This type of romantic confession had a manipulative edge to it, unlike Jacob’s, “Until your heart stops beating, Bella. I’ll be here — fighting. Don’t forget that you have options.”, found in Eclipse, Chapter15, page 330, which states his devotion to her without manipulating her with guilt.

            Love often blinds people from what they don’t want to see. Often, true love is right there in front of you, like Jacob to Bella. What they have isn’t merely an obsession-driven lust fueled by a misleading chemistry, it’s real and it’s perfect for them. In Eclipse,Chapter 26, page 599, Jacob explains Edward’s effect on Bella perfectly: “He’s like a drug for you, Bella. I see that you can’t live without him now. It’s too late. But I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun.” Jacob is healthier, and he would have filled Bella’s life with happiness, freedom, and the purest, most sincere love that anyone could give. If that’s not what real love is, then I don’t know what is.

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BAB III

CONCLUSION.

                Persuasive text is persuade. Point from the Persuasive is Persuade.

A persuasive text typically consist of a statement of the viewpoint, arguments and evidence, possibly some arguments and evidence supporting a different view, and final summary all recommendation.

REFERENCE.

http://academichelp.net/samples/essays/persuasive/people-read-books.html

http://m.xl.co.id/Stress/en-GB/PromoXL/Xtra

http://www.teenink.com/opinion/sports_hobbies/article/99822/What-is-Love-Anyway-A-Twilight

www.yarrileess.eq.edu.au

www.ordpress.com

www.curriculumproject.org/wp-content

www.blake.com.au/v/