DISCUSSION TEXT

The name of group members :

Dwi Sutari
Hawanda
Maura Maharani

XII IPA 2
 What discussion text is?

Discussion text is a text which presents

a problematic discourse. This problem
will be discussed from different
viewpoints.
 Structure discussion text
(General structure) of Discussion Text

 Issue : stating the issue which is to discussed

 Argument pro : presenting the point in in
supporting the presented issue
 Argument cons : presenting other points which
disagree to the supporting point
 Conclusion / recommendation : stating the
writer’ recommendation of the discourse
 What is the language features
used in discussion text?

 Using simple present tense

 Using modal, such as (must, should, would,
may, etc.)
 Using additive, contrastive, dan casual
connection, such as (similiary, however,
furthemore, on the other hand, moreover, in
addition, but, nevertheless, etc)
 Sample of Discussion Text
Facebook

Facebook is such an interesting platform on which to

watch the lives of others unfold. By using facebook, people
stick it all out there. There are a number of things I’ve
observed about what I see and read on Facebook. However
there are about the pros and cons.
One thing that people like using facebook because it is
helpful in documenting life. In an age where there’s not
always time to keep a private journal, take photos, develop
them and put them in a scrapbook, Facebook is a wonderful
way of keeping a log of all the good things that happen in your
life.
 However using Facebook is sometime wasting of time.
How easy it is to get sucked into what’s happening on
your news feed, reading statuses or most times looking at
endless photos of the lives of others. There have been
many times that Facebook has distracted us.
Last thing we should say that Facebook is only a
medium. It is the mater of who and how to use it.

Note :
Pink = Issue
Yellow = Argument Pro
Green = Argument Cons
Black = Conclusion / Recommendation
 Questions based on the text

 What is the facebook?

 Are there pros and cons to using Facebook?
 Why do people use facebook?
 Why the use of facebook is said to waste
time?
 Is Facebook one of the media?
Thank You