Abstract
Reasoning ability is fundamental for college students as well as professionals since it reflects their intellectual quality. This paper is aimed at revealing the reasoning nature in the editorial essays in Indonesian prominent newspapers. The study is qualitatively approached, by employing Content Analysis, in which (i) the types of reason and (ii) the soundness of reasons the editorial essays are objectively, systematically, and generally inferred. The data collection was conducted by documentation technique, by which the researchers selected the online editorial essays in Indonesian prominent newspapers. The study revealed that types of reason found in the essay written by IW (Indonesian Writer) are (a) statement of a means to an end, (b) a statement of cause, (c) statement of judgment based upon knowledge, and (d) statement of condition while the most reasonings practiced by IW in their essays are logically sound.
Highlights
Writing an essay is considered to be the most complicated skill to develop since it involves several integrated types of knowledge
From result of our data analysis, we found that there are four types of reason employed by Indonesian writers (IW) are (a) statement of a means to an end, (b) a statement of cause, (c) statement of judgment based upon knowledge, and (d) statement of condition
The reason lies within datum 1 belongs to statement of a means to an end, which means that antecedent, i.e. withdrawing the passport, functions as a tool to achieve the goal as lying in the consequent, that is invalidating the Indonesian citizenship of those who got involved in ISIS
Summary
Writing an essay is considered to be the most complicated skill to develop since it involves several integrated types of knowledge. Knowledge on what to write concerns with the selected topic, or the content of essay, in which the writer is interested. The broader and deeper his knowledge on the subject or topic he writes, the more enlightening and informative the composition he produces to readers. The aspect of how to write involves the mastery of vocabulary and grammatical rules of the language in which the selected topic is accounted. It is impossible to produce an effective essay by the low language proficiency despite the writer’s depth of knowledge on the topic (Farrier, 2014; Wingate, 2012)
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