RHETORICAL ORGANIZATION OF CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION SECTION OF UNDERGRADUATE THESES AT ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM

The purpose of recognizing rhetorical organization is to assist writers such as
students, practitioners, and academicians in learning how to produce good writing
and persuade their readers to comprehend their arguments especially in conclusion
and suggestion section of theses. This study aims to provide an overview of the
findings of a study that explores move and step the rhetorical organization of the
conclusion and suggestion section of undergraduate theses at English Education
Study Program. This study employed descriptive quantitative to describe the
rhetorical organization of the conclusion and suggestion section of undergraduate
theses at English Education Department Study Program. This study showed that
Move 1 (Summarizing the Study) with a percentage of 93.33%, Move 2 Step 1
(Indicating Significance/Advantage) with a percentage of 8%, Move 3 Step 1
(Recommending Further Study) with a percentage of 95%, and Move 3 Step 2
(Drawing Pedagogic Implications) with a percentage of 86.67%. the rhetorical
organization, while the majority of students merely write Summarizing the Study
and Recommending Further Study. Despite the fact that there are move-step that
should be included in the conclusion and suggestion section, such as (Indicating
Significance/Advantage, Indicating Limits, Assessing Methods, and Drawing
Pedagogic Implications).
Keywords: Rhetorical Organization, Move-step, Thesis, Conclusion