Persuasion Strategies Used by
Students of English in Expository Writing
Sri Wuli Fitriati
This paper constitutes the results of the
research investigating whether there are different strategies used by students
in writing exposition. It was conducted at
The results of the research revealed that
in persuading readers, students used several persuasion strategies. First, to
support their arguments, they gave explanation, facts, illustration (detailed
examples), and even comparison. Second, some students also stressed their
arguments by giving figures and evidence. Last, they persuaded readers
emotionally by drawing readers' anger and sympathy.
These results were in line with the
statements proposed by Meyers (2003) that there are three strategies to
persuade readers. The first strategy is supporting arguments with solid
evidence, such as: facts, figures, and examples. Another strategy is giving
explanation of the evidence and citing an expert or authority. Then, the other
strategy is using emotional appeals such as: sympathy, anger, or even humor.
With reference to the results of the
reasearch, it may be suggested that Meyers' strategy may need to be taken into
account in delivering the teaching of Genre- Based Writing especially in
construcing
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Fitriati, S. W. (2006,
December). Persuasion strategies used by students of English in expository
writing. Paper presented at
the 54th TEFLIN International conference,
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