DISCUSSION TEXT

Do you agree about issue a and b?

Do you disagree about issue a and b?
A B

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Meaning discussion text
 Discussion Text adalah teks argumentatif yang
mengandung dua sudut pandang, yaitu pandangan
pro dan kontra secara objektif. A Discussion Text is a
text that presents both sides of an issue or argument.
The Purpose of Discussion text
 The purpose of Discussion Text is to inform
readers about a particular topic, issue, or
question by presenting different perspectives,
opinions, or arguments. Atau dalam bahasa
indonesia tujuan Discussion Text adalah untuk
memberikan sudut pandang (perspektif),
pendapat, atau argumen terkait sebuah isu
kepada pembaca.
 To present two points of view about issue or
problem.
Generic Structure of discussion text

Starting the issue which is to be discussed. Yang

 Issue menyatakan topik atau persoalan yang akan di bahas

Presenting the point supporting the presented issue.

 Argument pro
Menampilkan poin yang mendukung topik yang sedang di
bahas.

 Argument cons Presenting other points which disagree to the supporting

point. Bagian ini menampilkan gagasan yang menentang
persoalan yang di bahas

 conclusion Stating the written recommendation of the discourse.

Bagian penutup yang berisi saran dari penulis tentang
topik.
 Example
Television becomes part of our life. Everyday we watch television. We
usually watch television after working, getting together with our family, even when
we are working. issue

As the part of our life, television has bad and good effects. People have
different opinion about the negative and positive impacts of watching TV.
The bad effects most people say are TV makes us lack of movement. We
stay for a long time in our TV. It's not healthy life. They also say that TV influence
our daily life. Sometimes we don't realize that we become more consuming after Argument
watching various ads. Some TV shows influence the way children act. The rudeness cons
and violence come to our house without permission through television.
But, the other people say that television has a good impact. We can get
much information from TV. When there is something happened in another city, we Argument pr
know directly, fastly through the news on TV. TV also makes us relax. After working
all day, we come home and turn on TV to watch funny and comedy videos.
We can conclude that TV has a good and bad effects to our life. Our task is
how to choose the good things and try to take away the bad one conclusion
Language features of discussion text

 Simple present tense Example : Watch,say,becomes,influence,stay,

Note : dalam beberapa kalimat yang mendukung
pernyataan kita bisa menggunakan tenses lain.
 Modals Example :
Mush,should,would,may,can,will,might,could,shall

 Additive, contrastive,and Example : However,furthermore,on the other

casual connection hand,in contrast,nevertheless,but,moreover,but
also,as well as, the other.

 Thinking verb Jenis kata penghubung yang menghubungkan subjec

dan pelengkap yang menerangkan nya atau pengganti
tobe yang memiliki keterkaitan dengan panca indra
example: Know,feel,hope,believe,keep,looks,sound,be,
were,smell,taste,sweet
Thank you