Hortatory Exposition

Purpose
To persuade the reader or listener that something should or should not be the case


Text Organization
� Thesis

� Arguments

� Recommendations


Language Features
� The use of emotive words
(e.g.: alarmed, worried)

� The use of words that qualify statements
(e.g.: usual, probably)

� The use of words that link arguments
(e.g.: firstly, however, on the other hand, therefore)

� The use of present tense

� The use of compound and complex sentences

� The use of modal and adverbs
(e.g.: can, may, certainly, get, stop)

� The use of subjective opinions using pronouns I and we