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The document discusses the structure of a hortatory exposition text. It states that a hortatory exposition text aims to give advice or suggest a choice to the reader. It has three elements: a thesis stating the issue of concern, arguments providing reasons for the recommendation, and a recommendation stating what should or should not happen. The document also provides examples of language features commonly used in a hortatory exposition text such as modal auxiliaries, simple present tense, abstract nouns, action verbs, thinking verbs, and evaluative words.

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Unit 3

The document discusses the structure of a hortatory exposition text. It states that a hortatory exposition text aims to give advice or suggest a choice to the reader. It has three elements: a thesis stating the issue of concern, arguments providing reasons for the recommendation, and a recommendation stating what should or should not happen. The document also provides examples of language features commonly used in a hortatory exposition text such as modal auxiliaries, simple present tense, abstract nouns, action verbs, thinking verbs, and evaluative words.

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FOR SMK/MAK Grade XI


Unit 3
In a hortatory exposition text, a
recommendation is used to give advice or
suggest that the readers make a choice by
considering the arguments presented.

The structure of a hortatory exposition text


has three elements: thesis, arguments, and
recommendation.
Structures of a Hortatory
Exposition Text

Thesis Argument Recomendation

It presents the It presents the


It presents the issue reasons for concern, statement of what
of concern. leading to the ought or ought not
recommendation. to happen.
Using modal adverb auxiliaries
Using simple present tense
(e.g. should, ought, to)

Using abstract nouns (e.g. belief,


consideration) Using temporal connectives
(e.g. firstly, secondly)
Using action verbs (e.g. talk, watch)
Using evaluative words
Using thinking verbs. (e.g. think, (e.g. important, valuable,
wonder, believe) trustworthy)
 The passive voice is used when the subject of
the sentence receives the action of the verb.

 Use the passive voice when the doer


of the action is unknown or not
important.

 The passive is formed by putting the verb “to


be” into the same tense as the active verb and
adding the past participle of the active verb.
 The subject of the active verb becomes the
‘agent’ of the passive verb.

 The agent is very often not mentioned.


When it is mentioned, it is preceded by
“by” and placed at the end of the clause.

 Look at the examples.


Active: Anis bought a computer.
Passive: A computer was bought by
Anis.
 Time connectives are types of conjunction which use
words or phrases to help the reader understand when
something is happening.
 Examples of time connectives are: before, after, next, then,
just then, shortly, afterwards, last, finally, eventually, first
of all, after that, later on, firstly, secondly, thirdly, this
evening, last week, after a while, soon afterwards,
meanwhile, while, an hour later, in due course, a moment
later, before long, soon, this morning, in the beginning,
suddenly.

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