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Example. Those who want to penalize older, leaded petrol vehicles and their owners don’t seem to appreciate that, in the country, there is no public transport to fall back upon and one’s own vehicle is the only way to get about.

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  1. Example • Those who want to penalize older, leaded petrol vehicles and their owners don’t seem to appreciate that, in the country, there is no public transport to fall back upon and one’s own vehicle is the only way to get about. • I feel that the country people, who often have to travel huge distances to the nearest town and who already spend a great deal of money on petrol, should be treated differently to the people who live in the city.

  2. STRUCTURE ANALYSIS • Thesis; paragraph 1 • Argument 1; paragraph 2 • Argument 2; paragraph 3 • Recommendation; paragraph 4

  3. LANGUAGE FEATURES ANALYSIS • Focusing on the writer: using the first personal pronoun “I” • Using abstract noun: discussion • Using action verb: treat • Using thinking verb: think, seem • Using passive voice: should be treated differently • Using simple present tense: there doesn’t seem…, there is no public transport.., etc

  4. Text genre variation • Text genre can be modified: linguistic changes mirror the communicator’s intentions.

  5. FROM PERSUASIVE TO ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION 1. No sooner had the British occupation authorities gained controlof Iraq than they set out to issue all manner of declarationsand orders to secure their domination over the country’s economic resources in an attempt to recoup their losses. After they had established their position in Iraq, the British occupation authorities set out to issue all kinds of rules and regulations to secure their domination over the country’s economic resources in an attempt to recoup their losses.

  6. 2. • The British occupation sapped the labours of poverty–stricken peasants, who constituted the majority of the working people, and burdened these desperate people with all kinds of taxes. • The labours of poverty–stricken peasants, who constituted the majority of the working people, were sapped and they were burdened with various types of taxes.

  7. 3. • The British occupying power subsequently seized the country’s agricultural resources and mercilessly plundered these assets to such a great extent that taxes increased to three times the rate in the period prior to the occupation. • Subsequently, the country’s agricultural resources were seized and mercilessly plundered to such a great extent that taxes increased to three times the rate in the period prior to the occupation.

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