Discussion Text About Good and Bad Effects of Television

Television becomes part of our life. Everyday we watch television. We usually watch TV while eating, tired after work, getting together with our family, or just for entertainment, even when we are working.

As the part of our life, television has bad and good effects. People have different opinion about the negative and positive impacts of watching TV. The bad effects most people say are TV makes us lack of movement. We stay for a long time in our TV. It's not healthy life. They also say that TV influence our daily life. Sometimes we don't realize that we become more consuming after watching various ads. Some TV shows influence the way children act. The rudeness and violence come to our house without permission through television. But, the other people say that television has a good impact. We can get much information from TV. When there is something happened in another city, we know directly, fastly through the news on TV. TV also makes us relax. After working all day, we come home and turn on TV to watch funny and comedy videos.

We can conclude that TV has a good and bad effects to our life. Our task is how to choose the good things and no try to take things the bad one.

Discussion Text

Generic Structure of Discusssion Text

Secara sederhana, susunan umum dalam discussion text ini terbagi menjadi 3 bagian.

1.    Issue (masalah)
2.    Arguments (Pendapat)
       a. Supporting Points (Pendapat Yang Mendukung)

       b. Contrasting Points (Pendapat Yang Bertentangan)
3.    Conclusion / Recommendation (Kesimpulan / Saran)

Issue (Masalah Utama)

Issue ini berisikan masalah yang akan didiskusikan lebih lanjut. Jika anda ingin menulis sebuah teks diskusi ini, ada baiknya pilihlah topik permasalahan yang kontroversial sehingga nanti anda memiliki banyak argumen, baik argumen yang mendukung ataupun argumen yang bertentangan. Misalnya saja, topik masalah “Siswa Tidak Boleh Membawa Handphone agar tidak mengganggu kegiatan belajar mengajar di sekolah ”.

Supporting Points (Pendapat Yang Mendukung)

Pada bagian supporting points ini, kita dituntut untuk menjabarkan lebih lanjut mengenai penjelasan tentang masalah yang sedang kita bahas. Jika dalam Issue berisikan masalah seperti pada contoh issue di atas, maka anda harus menjelaskan lebih rinci tentang HP yang bisa mengganggu kegiatan belajar mengajar di sekolah.

Contrasting Points (Pendapat Yang Bertentangan)

Pada bagian contrasting points ini, alangkah baiknya kita memberikan pendapat yang lebih berbeda dengan supporting points. Jika HP dianggap memberikan efek negatif terhadap siswa, maka pada bagian ini kita harus memberikan pendapat mengenai manfaat HP untuk siswa. Misalnya saja, dengan memberikan argumen bahwa HP bisa memudahkan siswa dalam mencari informasi di internet tentang mata pelajaran yang sedang dibahas.

Recommendation / Conclusion (Saran / Kesimpulan)

Pada bagian ini, usahakan kita mengambil jalan tengah mengenai masalah yang sedang dibahas agar kesimpulan yang kita ambil tidak lagi mendatangkan masalah baru. Misalnya saja dalam masalah HP di atas, kita bisa memberikan saran / kesimpulan dengan menuliskan Sekolah memperbolehkan siswa membawa HP asal tidak diaktifkan ketika kegiatan belajar mengajar sedang berlangsung.

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Lirik Bruno Mars – The Lazy Song (Edit Version)

Today I do not want to do any task

I just want to play games with friends

Do not feel like picking up the phone so leave a message at the phone

      Cause today I swear I`m not doing anything      

I would pinch my hand up and looked at the fan, turn off the radio, throw my hand in my pants

Nobody's don't tell me I can't

No one will say I can

Nothing can stop me at all

Wohoo...wohooh…ooh…

Nothing can stop me at all

Wohoo...wohooh…ooh…

Today I do not want to do any task

I just want to play games with friends

Do not feel like picking up the phone so leave a message at the phone

   Cause today I swear I`m not doing anything      

I would pinch my hand up and looked at the fan, turn off the radio, throw my hand in my pants

Nobody's don't tell me I can't

No one will say I can

Nothing can stop me at all

Wohoo...wohooh…ooh…

Nothing can stop me at all

Wohoo...wohooh…ooh…

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Lirik Lagu Bruno Mars – The Lazy Song

Today I don't feel like doing anything

I just wanna lay in my bed

Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone

'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

I'm gonna kick my feet up then stare at the fan

Turn the TV on, throw my hand in my pants

Nobody's don't tell me I can't

I'll be lounging on the couch just chilling in my Snuggie

Click to MTV so they can teach me how to dougie

'Cause in my castle I'm the freaking man

Oh yes, I said it, I said it

I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything

I just wanna lay in my bed

Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone

'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

Nothing at all, nothing at all

Tomorrow I'll wake up, do some P90X

Find a really nice girl, have some really nice sex

And she's gonna scream out

This is great

(Oh my god, this is great)

Yeah, I might mess around

And get my college degree

I bet my old man will be so proud of me

But sorry pops, you'll just have to wait

Oh yes, I said it, I said it

I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything

I just wanna lay in my bed

Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone

'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

No, I ain't gonna comb my hair

'Cause I ain't going anywhere

 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

I'll just strut in my birthday suit

And let everything hang loose

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh, today I don't feel like doing anything

I just wanna lay in my bed

Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone

'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

Nothing at all

Nothing at all

Nothing at all

Contoh - Contoh Hortatory Text 1

Watch your Kids While Watching TV

Television becomes one of the most important devices which takes place in almost houses. It can unite all members of the family as well as separate them. However, is it important to know what your kids are watching? The answer is, of course, absolutely “Yes” and that should be done by all parents. Television can expose things you have tried to protect the children from, especially violence, pornography, consumerism and so on.

Recently, a study demonstrated that spending too much time on watching TV during the day or at bedtime often cause bed-time disruption, stress, and short sleep duration.

Another research found that there is a significant relationship between the amount of time spent for watching television during adolescence and early adulthood, and the possibility of being aggressive.

Meanwhile, many studies have identified a relationship between kids who watch TV a lot and being inactive and overweight.

Considering some facts mentioning above, protect your children with the following tips:

Limit television viewing to one-two hours each day
Do not allow your children to have a TV set in their own bedrooms
Review the rating of TV shows which your children watch

Watch television with your children and discuss what is happening in the show

Contoh - Contoh Hortatory Text 2

The Importance of Reading

I personally think that reading is a very important activity in our life. Why do I say so?

Firstly, by reading we can get a lot of knowledge about many things in the world such as Science, technology. Sports, arts, culture, etc written in either books, magazine, newspaper, etc.

Secondly, by reading we can get a lot of news and information about something happening in any parts of the world which can we see directly.

Another reason, reading can give us pleasure too. When we are tired, we read books, newspaper or magazine on the entertainment coloumn such as comedy, short story, quiz, etc. To make us relaxed.

The last, reading can also take us to other parts of the world. Example, by reading a book about Irian Jaya we may feel we’re really sitting in the jungles not at home in our rooms.

From the facts above, it’s obvious that everyone needs to read to get knowledge, information and also entertainment. Or in summary we can say reading is truly important in our life.