Hortatory Exposition

HORTATORY EXPOSITION TEXT

DEFINITION AND EXAMPLE

Definition:

It is a text which invites the readers to be agree with the opinion given by the writer and support the suggestion given.

Social Function:

To persuade the reader or listener that something should or should not be the case.

Generic Structure of a recount text:

·         Thesis: announcement of issue concern.

·         Arguments: reasons for concern, leading to recommendation.

·         Recommendation: statement of what ought or ought not to happen.

Significant Lexicogrammatical features:

·      Focus on generic human and non-human Participants, except for speaker or writer referring to self.

·         Use of :

-    Mental Processes: to state what writer thinks or feels about issue, e.g. realize, feel, appreciate.

-       Material Processes: in state what happens, e.g., is polluting, drive travel, spend, should be treated.

-        Relational Processes: to state what be or should be, e.g., doesn’t seem to have been, is.

·         Use of simple present tense.

 EXAMPLE