CORRUPTION AND INDONESIAN CULTURE

Thesis:

Corruption has happened for many years and today it becomes a bad culture in Indonesia for
three reasons

Argument 1:
Most adult Indonesian or foreigners have known and admitted that corruptions happen in many
places. The daily newspapers, news programs on TV and radio have reported corruptions are
done everywhere, almost in all departments or public services of this country. Corruptions
happen in health, education departments and banks. When we manage to get some documents in
public service offices, we usually need much money to pay. Manipulations happen everywhere

Argument 2:
The actions to eliminate corruption are weak. The ever stronger culture seems not to come to an
end when the responsible institutions who have to reinforce the justice today commit corruption.
This is the worst. Corruptions happen in police department, courts where judges, public
prosecutors, lawyers make deals to do corruption. All of us also heard in the end of 2004,
Probosutejo reported that he had bribed the Supreme Court, or called Mahkamah Agung which
becomes the highest level where the justice can be obtained. Perhaps you have to try to come to
the local courts and see what happen there. You will see practices of bribery and other kinds of
corruption. Therefore, we can say that corruptions becomes our culture. Do you like it?

Argument 3:
The citizens have no goodwill to fight against the corruption. They create the situations in which
people have opportunities to do corruptions. The citizens like to break the rules because they are
not disciplined. For example, in the street when they drive a car or ride motorcycle, they do not
have the driving license or necessary documents. Then, they are caught by the local policemen.
To avoid more difficulties, they like to bribe the officer. The officer let them go then. In other
words, the citizens and officers are the same, doing corruption together. If only the people were
critical, disciplined, and obey the rules, and willing to report any wrong behaviors, this country
will not be number one corrupting country in the world.

Conclusion:
Conclusion Based on the reasons, we can conclude that corruption is becoming a bad culture in
Indonesia if it is not ended soon by all of us. It seems that there must be more severe penalty for
the Corruptors. Do we still care about the future of this country?

Name : Siti Nuraeni

Class : XI IPS
 CARS SHOULD BE BANNED IN THE CITY

Thesis :
Cars should be banned in the city. As we all know, cars create pollution, and cause a lot of road
deaths and other accidents.

Argument 1:
Firstly, cars, as we all know contribute the most of pollution in the world. Cars emit a deadly gas
causes illnesses such as bronchitis, lung cancer, and trigger of asthma. Some of
these illness are so bad that people can die from them.

Argument 2 :
Secondly, the city is vet busy. Pedestrians wander averywhere and cars commonly hit
pedestrians in the city, which causes them to die. Cars today are our roads biggest killers.

Argument 3 :
Thirdly, cars are very noisy. If you live in the city, you may find it hard to sleep at night, or
concentrate in your homework, and especially talk to someone.

Conlusion :
In conclusion, cars should be banned from the city for the reasons listed

Name : Ira Wati

Class : XI IPS
 IS SMOOKING GOOD FOR US

Thesis:

This pre-conclusive paragraph states the writer’s point of view about the topic discussed. Writer
has show himself in clear position of the discussed topic. Paragraph 1 is the thesis of this
analytical exposition text. It states the fact of the very fatal impact of the smoking habit. Clearly
the writer wants to say that smoking is not a good habit.

Arguments:

Presenting arguments in analytical exposition text is as important as giving conflict plot in

narrative text. The series of argument will strengthen the thesis stated before. In this example of
analytical exposition text, paragraph 2 and 3 are the detail arguments presented in a reporting
fact to support that smoking is not good even for smokers themselves. Furthermore, people who
do not smoke but they are in smoky area have the bad effect too from the smoking habit.

Reiteration:

This end paragraph actually is restating the thesis. It is something like conclusive paragraph from
the previous arguments. The last paragraph of this example of analytical exposition points again
that smoking is not good for smokers and people around smokers. However smoking is very
good for Cigarette Companies

Name : Ai Dewi

Class : XI IPS
 ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION

Thesis:
it is the main topic of discourse in analytical exposition essay. Commonly the thesis will be
placed in the first paragraphs. It also functionalize of introduction of the text. From the text
above we see that choosing school will be wiser and safer if it is based on the status of the
school; accredited or not.

Arguments:
the arguments are the heart of an analytical exposition. The absence of argument, analytical will
just talk nothing since a thesis must be evaluated, whether it is true or false later, it does not
matter. From the analytical exposition sample above, we see an accredited school graduate will
hold better opportunity. Additionally choosing school based on short term interests seem to be
less benefit in the end.

Conclusion:
it is the writer’s thesis which is re-stated in another word. The purpose is to strengthen the thesis.
From the text above, we realize that choosing an accredited school is really important.

Name : Indah Wahyuni

Class : XI IPS