DEFINITION

Hortatory Exposition Text is a type of spoken or written text that is intended to explain the listeners or readers that something should or should not happen or be done. Hortatory Exposition Text is a kind of English text that belongs to the argumentative text.

GENERIC STRUCTURE OF HORTATORY EXPOSITION

# Thesis

​The writer point of view about the topic discussed.

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# Arguments

Series of argument which strengthen the thesis stated before.

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# Recommendation

The writer gives recommendation to the reader.

PERPOSE OF HORTATORY EXPOSITION

Hortatory exposition is used to persuade the reader or listener that something should or should not be the case or be done.

LANGUAGE FEATURES OF HORTATORY EXPOSITION

1. Simple present tense and Present perfect tense

2. There are several arguments that begin with, firstly, secondly, thirdly ..

3. It contain recommendation that begins with :

– In my opinion, it’s better …

– I think … should ….

– I think … should be ……

– For these reasons …. Should …

Reading Comprehension

​Reading habit is poor among Indonesians because most people haven’t realized the importance of reading.

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Reading is important to transform knowledge and technology. By reading, one knows the world. He or she will understand what he doesn’t see by himself or herself. The lines of the paragraphs in an article contain pieces of knowledge. The knowledge is needed to improve the quality of human’s life. Technology transformation from other country can only be done by reading a lot various sources of literature. Valuable books in libraries and bookstores mean nothing if they are not read.

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Realizing the importance of reading will make someone motivated to read. When we know that something is very important because it can give us valuable information, we will try to get or do the thing. For example, a businessman who always follows latest information or news, will know what to do in his/ her business. He will make a good decision to make a transaction. Most people in all developed countries have realized the importance or reading and they have good reading habits. In bus and train stations, vehicles, waiting rooms, parks, people like reading. They enjoy reading which gives them valuable knowledge and inspiration.

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Therefore, a nation-wide effective campaign of the importance of reading by all components of the nation should be done, facilitated by the government, to face the tighter competition. The world has forced globalization. Those people with little knowledge will be left behind. To speed up the better change in this country, a good reading habit is really important.Written by Cahyono KD

Answer the following questions correctly!

1. what is the purpose of the text ?

2. what are the structure of the text ?

3. what are the language features of the text ?

4. wh​at is the main idea of the second paragraph ?

5. what is the main idea of third paragraph ?

6. what is the recommendation from the writer​ ?

7. after reading the text, what is your response to this article ? ​