Purpose:
To persuade
the readers that something should or should not be the case or be done.
- Hortatry 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.
- To strengthen the explanation, the speaker or writer needs some arguments as the fundamental reasons of the given idea. In other words, this kind of text can be called as argumentation.
- Hortatory exposition text can be found in scientific books, journals, magazines, newspaper articles, academic speech or lectures, research report etc.
- Hortatory expositions are popular among science, academic community and educated people.
Generic
Structure:
- Thesis : Statement or announcement of issue concern
- Arguments : Reasons for concern that will lead to recommendation
- Recommendation : Statement of what should or should not happen or be done based on the given arguments
Example :
Watching TV
Is it important to know what your
kids are watching? Of course it is. Television can expose your children to
things that you have tried to protect them from, especially violence, drug
abuse, etc.
One study demonstrated that watching
too much TV during the day or at bedtime often causes bedtime resistance, sleep
onset delay and anxiety around sleep, followed by shortened sleep duration
Another study found a significant association between the
amount of time spent watching television during adolescence and early
adulthood, and the like hood of subsequent aggressive acts against others.
Meanwhile, many studies have found an association between
kids watching a lot of TV, being inactive and overweight.
Considering some facts above, protect your children with some
following tips: Limit television viewing to 1-2 hours each day, do not allow
your children to have a TV set in their bedrooms, review the ratings of TV
shows that your children watch, and watch television with your children and
discuss what is happening during the show.
