Reading Section of Hortattory Exposition Text


Firstly, I'd like to say thank you to all of you who have opened this website. Before you start learn, i'd like to says some information about this session, such as:
A.  Standard Competency
Understanding the meaning of short functional text and essay form hortatory exposition in the context of everyday life
B.  Basic Competency

3.2. Responding meaning and rhetorical steps in essay writing using a variety of language accurately, fluently and acceptable in the context of everyday life and to access knowledge in the form of text Hortatory exposition.
C.  Indicators

-     Determine the general information from hortatory exposition text.
-     Determine information from hortatory exposition text.
-     Determine the main idea from hortatory exposition text. 
D.  Purposes of Study

With reading comprehension students can:
-     Determine the general information from hortatory exposition text.
-     Determine information from hortatory exposition text.
-     Determine the main idea from hortatory exposition text.
E.  Character Value
-     Honesty
-     Discipline
-     Hard Work
-     Creative
-     Democratic 
-     Responsibility 

Learning Material

HORTATORY EXPOSITION

1.      DEFINITION
It is a kind of text type that presents arguments or reasons to support the opinion. It is aimed to persuade the readers or listeners that something should or should not be the case. The difference of analytical and hortatory exposition is on the term of its generic structure in the last part that is called as reiteration in analytical and recommendation in hortatory exposition. The function of both is quite different. In analytical exposition, reiteration is used to give emphasize on the writer’s opinion by restating point of view. While in hortatory exposition, recommendation is used to give advice or such a suggestion to the readers to make a choice by considering the presented arguments. In short the purpose of hortatory exposition text is to argue a case for against a particular position or point of view and it purposes a suggestion in the end of the argumentation. Some examples of hortatory exposition are: Editorial, letter to the editor, and letter to a politician.
2.      GENERIC STRUCTURE
The generic structure of hortatory exposition is:
1.  An Introductory Statement   : It consists of the author’s point of view (thesis), preview of the arguments that will follow in the next section, and a question or emotional statement to get audience attention.
2. A series of arguments to convince the audience: This part is significant to support about the thesis. Therefore, it needs some requirements. They are explained as follow;
-  A new paragraph is used for each argument
-  Each new paragraph begins with topic sentence
-  After topic sentence comes the details to support the arguments
-  Emotive words are used to persuade the audience into believing the author.
3. Recommendation: statement of what should or should not happen or be done based on the given arguments.
3.      LANGUAGE FEATURES
Common grammatical patterns in hortatory exposition include:
  1. Abstract nouns, e.g. culture, etc.
  2. Action verbs, e.g. value, etc.
  3. Connectives, e.g. first, second, etc.
  4. Modal auxiliaries: Should, ought to, had better
(Adopted from LKS Kreatif Bahasa Inggris Kelas XI Tahun 2014)
 
and about another information about hortatory exposition text you can visit:
http://www.belajarbahasainggris.us/2014/02/hortatory-exposition-text-penjelasan.html
http://www.englishdirection.com/2008/03/text-types-complete-overview.html
for the examples you can visit:
http://www.englishdirection.com/2011/01/kumpulan-lengkap-contoh-hortatory.html

In this page you will find 2 steps of learning process. There are students read the text in the blog, and after read the text students answers the question. Now, let's take a look at step 1

Step 1
Please read text below carefully!

Never Try Smoking
A lot of people, especially teenagers, who do not smoke, always want to try smoking. They know it is bad for them and all, but it is just something they want to try. So they ask one of their smoker friends for a cigarette. Admittedly, they firstly can not light it on their own so they ask his friend to do it. Then they inhale that cigarette and smoke occasionally.
Apparently that makes them the born smokers. Now they do smoke fairly regularly. They can not avoid smoking and they enjoy too. They have smoker friends. Everyday they bring a pack in their pocket. For them, a pack of cigarette is as important as a wallet for their money.
Suddenly, for certain reason, they realize the fact that tobacco is the cause of a long list of nasty diseases. It is not only heart disease, stroke, and chronic lung disease but also bladder, lung, and pancreatic cancer. Even it was reported that around 400,000 Americans died each year. It was one every 80 seconds from tobacco-related illnesses.
Then they decide it is stupid to harm selves. They want to quit smoking. Unfortunately, they find that quitting smoking is so difficult. “Why can't I stop smoking? I really want to stop it”. It is hard to quit because nicotine is powerfully addictive. Cigarette is one of the most efficient drug-delivery devices ever devised. As result, when people try to quit smoking, they often experience classic nicotine withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, headache, depression, and restlessness.
Well, still want to try smoke? Think the facts before trying! If you are not smoker, you should never and never try to smoke.

Step 2
Answer the following questions based on the text above !
1.       Where is the thesis of the text above?
2.       The italic word in “Bahasa Indonesia” means?
3.       The text above is the form of?
4.       What is the generic structure of the last paragraph?
5.       How many argument are in the text above?

Scoring Rubric for Reading Comprehension