Hortatory Exposition
- Definition of hortatory exposition
Hortatory
exposition is a text which represent the attempt of the writer to have the
addressee to something or act in certain way. Hortatory exposition 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.
- Social function
To
persuade the reader or listener that something should or should not be the
case.
- Generic structure
· Argument: reasons for concern leading to recommendation
· Recommendation: statement of what ought or ought not happen.
- Language Feature
· Emotive word such as: alaramed, worried
· Using abstractnoun; policy, advantage, etc.
· Using action verb
· Using thinking verb
· Using modals adverb; certainly, surely, etc.
· Using temporal connective; firstly, secondly, trustworthy, etc.
· Using passive voice
· Using simple present tense
· Subjective using pronouns: I and we.
- Example:
Removing Lead from Petrol
In
all the discussion over the removal of lead from petrol (and the atmosphere)
there doesn't seem to have been any mention of the difference between driving
in the city and the country.
While
I realize my leaded petrol car is polluting the air wherever I drive, I feel
that when you travel through the country, where you only see the another car
every five to ten minutes, the problem is not as severe as when traffic is
concentrated on city roads.
Those
who want to penalize older, leaded petrol vehicles and their owners don't seem
to appreciate that, in the country, there is no public transport to fall back
upon and one's own vehicle is the only way to get about.
I feel that the
country people, who often have to travel huge distances to the nearest town and
who already spend a great deal of money on petrol, should be treated
differently to the people who live in the city.
Generic structure analysis of the text:
Thesis : paragraph 1
Arguments 1 : paragraph 2
Argument 2 : paragraph 3
Recommendation : paragraph 4
Thesis : paragraph 1
Arguments 1 : paragraph 2
Argument 2 : paragraph 3
Recommendation : paragraph 4
