One day in 1676, a Dutch scientist named Antony van Leeuwenhoek looked through a microscope what no one had ever seen before: bacteria. Bacteria, very tiny living things, exist everywhere in the environment and can only be seen through a microscope. On the one hand, bacteria are harmful. The word germs is used to describe harmful bacteria. Germs… Read More »
Southern Thailand was hit Thursday by the most severe haze ever from forest fires in Indonesia, forcing all schools in a province to close and disrupting flights in a popular tourist area, officials said. The haze that has shrouded parts of Malaysia and Singapore for nearly two months reached hazardous levels in the Southern city of Songkhla, with… Read More »
Sometimes when I pass some certain places in Jakarta, I often see piles of trash by the side of the street or even by the river. The view is annoying. It makes our city look very ugly and dirty. If we walk near the the piles of trash, we could smell stinky odors coming from them. Piles of… Read More »
Sobat pembaca, kali ini saya ingin membahas soal anecdote. Banyak orang mempunyai anggapan bahwa anecdote adalah cerita lucu. Sebenarnya tidak demikian. Anecdote pertama-tama BUKAN cerita lucu, dan tidak identik dengan cerita lucu. Anecdote memang bisa saja lucu, tergantung isinya dan tergantung penulisnya. Tetapi, anecdote bisa saja tidak lucu, karena memang tujuan teks ini pertama-tama bukan untuk membuat pembaca… Read More »
Apa sih sebenarnya hortatory exposition? Ya, sebenarnya secara umum hampir sama dengan analytical exposition. Baik hortatory maupun analytical bersifat agumentatif persuasif, artinya, penulis berupaya mempengaruhi atau membujuk pembaca melalui tulisannya untuk mendukung dan mengikuti sudut pandangnya terhadap isu atau persoalan tertentu. Seperti halnya analytical exposition, hortatory exposition juga diawali dengan thesis statement, yakni sebuah pernyataan (kadang-kadang juga berupa… Read More »
