Hortatory

Exposition Text
 Definition
Hortatory exposition text is a kind of
English text that belongs to the
argumentative text which represents
the author’s attempt to influence the
reader to do something or act in a
particular way
 Purpose

Hortatory exposition is used to

persuade the reader or listener
that something should or should
not be done
Generic Structure

Thesis
Arguments
Recommendations
 Language Feature

1 Simple Present Tense

It contain recommendation that
begins with: in my opinion, it’s 3
better ..., I think ... should ..., I
think ... should be ..., For these
reasons ..., Should ...

2 There are several arguments that

begins with, firstly, secondly,
thirdly ..(Temporal Connective)
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