Soal Reading Comprehension Kelas 12: Teks Analytical Exposition

Soal

1. Read the text. Plastic bags should be banned in our city. First, plastic bags take hundreds of years to decompose, so they pile up in landfills. Second, they often end up in rivers and harm fish and birds. Therefore, the city government should ban plastic bags and promote reusable bags. Which sentence is the thesis of the text?
2. Read the text. Plastic bags should be banned in our city. First, plastic bags take hundreds of years to decompose, so they pile up in landfills. Second, they often end up in rivers and harm fish and birds. Therefore, the city government should ban plastic bags and promote reusable bags. Which is an argument supporting the thesis?
3. Read the text. Plastic bags should be banned in our city. First, plastic bags take hundreds of years to decompose, so they pile up in landfills. Second, they often end up in rivers and harm fish and birds. Therefore, the city government should ban plastic bags and promote reusable bags. The word "they" in "they often end up in rivers" refers to ...
4. Read the text. Cycling to school should be encouraged. It keeps students healthy because they exercise every day. In addition, it reduces traffic jams in front of the school gate. For these reasons, schools should provide safe bicycle parking. What is the writer's recommendation in the last paragraph?
5. Read the text. Cycling to school should be encouraged. It keeps students healthy because they exercise every day. In addition, it reduces traffic jams in front of the school gate. For these reasons, schools should provide safe bicycle parking. The word "it" in the second sentence refers to ...
6. The generic structure of an analytical exposition text is ...
7. Which linking words are commonly used to list arguments in an analytical exposition? (choose two or three)
8. Which of the following belong to the language features of an analytical exposition? (choose two or three)
9. The purpose of an analytical exposition is to persuade readers that something is the case or should be done.
10. In an analytical exposition, the reiteration restates the writer's opinion at the end.