HORTATORY

EXPOSITION TEXT
Presented by: Miss Annisa
Look at the pictures
PRESENTATION OUTLINE

TOPIC NO. 1 TOPIC NO. 3

DEFINITION GENERIC STURCTURE

TOPIC NO. 2 TOPIC NO. 4

PURPOSES LANGUAGE FEATURES
DEFINITION
Is a type of text that is intended to explain the
listeners or readers that something should or
should not happen or be done.

Example :
1.The importance of trash management.
2.The importance of health protocols to
prevent COVID-19.
 PURPOSES
A hortatory exposition text is used to persuade people to do
something.
 GENERIC STRUCTURE
1.Thesis : It consists of the author’s point of view,
preview of the arguments that will follow in the
next section, and a question or emotional
statement to get audience attention.

2. A series of arguments to convince the

audience: This part is significant to support
about the thesis. Therefore, it needs some
requirements. They are explained as follow :
NEXT...
a)A new paragraph is used for each argument
b)Each new paragraph begins with topic
sentence
c)After topic sentence comes the details to
support the arguments
d)Emotive words are used to persuade the
audience into believing the author.

3. Recommendation: statement of what

should or should not happen or be done
based on the given arguments.
 LANGUAGE FEATURES
1.Using abstract noun (culture,
5.Using temporal connectives
courage, hope, policy, advantage,
(firstly, secondly, thirdly, dll).
dll).
6.Using evaluative words
2.Using action verb (ask, tell, argue,
(effective, efficient,
implement, dll).
trustworthy, valuable, dll).
3.Using thinking verb (reflect,
7.Using simple present tense.
consider, evaluate, analyze, dll).
4.Using modal adverb (surely, 8.Using passive voice.
certainly, definitely, clearly, dll).