THE EXPOSITIVE ACTS IN CNN WEATHER

Abstract

Expositive acts "represent how the world is," meaning that a 'thing's' content is correct. Expositive acts have never been studied in the world of education. There are some research focus on speech act in theoretical, practical and expositive in linguistic field. This show the urgency of making research about expositive act in education field. The purpose of the message is to persuade the listener that the content is strong enough to be true. A speaker or writer codes a statement to demonstrate that his or her point of view is convincing and worthy of acceptance. The objective is to find out the type of expositive acts in CNN weather news in November 2021. The descriptive qualitative method was used in this study because the information in this study is in the form of words. Research instrument taken by researcher. Research Instrument is a type of expositive acts based on Austin Austin (1962) and explained by (Oishi, Etsuko 2020). Data Collecting Technique uses the method of note-taking. The researcher conducted narrative research. Data Trustworthiness employed the triangulation approach in their investigation. This study used triangulation to assess the authenticity of the data by using a variety of sources as comparison material. To analyze the data in this study, researchers used Austin theory about classification of expositive Acts.