DEFINITION OF DISCUSSION TEXT

DEFINITION		A Discussion Text is a kind of text which presents at least two points of view about an issue. Discussion is used to look at more than one side of an issue. Discussion allows us to explore various perspectives before to an informed decision.
COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE				The Communicative of Purpose of the discussion text is to present at least two points of view about an issue.
GENERIC STRUCTURE (Text Organization)			ISSUE : It contains statement and preview.
			ARGUMENTS FOR and ARGUMENTS AGAINST or Statement of different points of view : Ø  Point. Ø  Elaborations.
			CONCLUSION or RECOMMENDATION
GENERIC STRUCTURE ( Lexicogrammatical Features )	1.      Menggunakan General Nouns untuk menyatakan kategori, misalnya: uniforms, alcohol, dsb. 2.      Menggunakan Relating Verbs untuk memberi informasi tentang isu yang didiskusikan, misalnya: smoking is harmful, dsb. 3.      Menggunakan Thinking Verbs untuk mengungkapkan pandangan pribadi penulis, misalnya: feel, believe, hope, dsb. 4.      Menggunakan Additive, Contrastive, dan Causal Connectives untuk menghubungkan argumen-argumen, misalnya: similarly, in addition, besides, furthermore, on the other hand, however, although, nevertheless, because, because of, dsb. 5.      Menggunakan Detailed Noun Groups untuk memberikan informasi secara padu, misalnya: the dumping of unwanted kittens, dsb. 6.      Menggunakan Modalities, seperti: perhaps, must, should, should have been, could be, dsb. 7.      Menggunakan Adverbials of Manner, misalnya: deliberately, hopefully, dsb.