Hortatory exposition is a text type designed to persuade or invite readers to take action based on logical arguments and strong opinions. It includes a thesis to engage the audience, various supporting arguments, and recommendations, while employing specific language features such as present tense and emotive words. The aim is to influence attitudes and perspectives without coercion.

1. Exposition
Hortatory
Presented by: Celine, Chelsea A, Christian, Jonathan

2. Overview
Definition
Function
Structures
Language Features

3. What is Hortatory Exposition?
A type of text used to convince or invite readers or listeners to do
something or take certain actions.
This text aims to influence other people’s thoughts and attitudes
through strong and logical arguments.

4. Function
To persuade readers and listeners that something should or should not be
the case.
By providing recommendations or invitations supported by persuasive
arguments, hortatory exposition can influence the views and attitudes of
other people. However, hortatory exposition text does not force the reader.

5. contains arguments that
support the author’s
statement of opinion, and why
certain actions should be
taken. These arguments are
presented usung facts, data,
logic and strong presence
To invite readers to take
actions or change in
attitudes in accordance with
the opinion statements that
have been expressed.
Structures
Thesis
is used to attract the
attention of reader or
listener and make them
interested in continuing to
read or listen to the text.
Arguments Recommendation

6. Language Features
Conjunctions
1.
The Present Tense
2.
Compound Sentences
3.
Complex Sentences
4.
Modal Adverbs
5.
Subjective opinions
6.
Emotive words
7.

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