Hortatory Exposition Text

 

In Concise Oxford Dictionary, Hortatory (adjective) means trending or aiming to exhort (cenderung mendorong/mendesak orang lain untuk melakukan sesuatu) and Exposition means a comprensive description and explanation of a theory (penjelasan dan penjabaran sebuah teori secara komprehensif). 

Generic structure:

Thesis: introduce main idea. 

Argument (s): contains issue reasons. 

Recommendation: contains statement should or should not be the case. 

Students should always wear hats in the school playgroup to protect their skin and eyes. 

Firstly, hats protect the skin from sunburn. As we know, lunch and recess are during the sunniest part of the day. Without hats, students' skin would get very burnt and that could cause skin cancer. 

Secondly, hats can help prevent eye damage from the sun even on cloudy days there can be a lot of glare from the sun, hats help to prevent someof the glare so that we don't have to squint and hurt our eyes. 

Hats should be worn in the play ground at all times. 

1. Based on the text, how many reasons why students should west their hats? 

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. Four

E. Five

2. Secondly, hats can prevent eye damage from the sun. Prevent is similar with... 

A. Trouble

B. Avoid

C. Cover

D. Cure

E. Keep

Anybody who is over the age of six knows that there is nowhere safe for skateboarders to skate. This preventd young people from enjoying an active, energetic and adventurous pastime. 

Just watch a local street for a short while and note the steady stream of skaterd speeding up and down the footpaths. Toddlers can be trampled on and old ladies can be knocked over, as they struggle home carrying their punchases from supermarkets. Thunderous rattles are heard on our main roads each night as skaters travel without lights and without notice to oncoming cars. 

Skatingboarding is a serioud sport that improves young people's health. It increases fitness  improves balance and strengthens the joints in knees and ankles. Alhough it appears to be a solo sport when groups practice together and complete to perform stunts or runs they form firm friendships. 

Young people should be prevented from becoming overweight couch potatoes. If they are actively involved in skating, they do not smoke, take drugs or break laws for fun. 

Kids will always seek thrills and excitement. They need to practice their 280s, 360s and Ollie's free from restrictions. We must build skate parks in the suburbs so that streets are safe for smsll children and senior citizens and skaterd have spaces where they can race, chase, speed and soar towards the sun. 

3. Where do the kids usually ride their skateboard? 

A. Jn the main roads and foot paths

B. In front of the supermarket. 

C. In front of their home. 

D. In the suburbs. 

E. In the park. 

4. What is the main idea of paragraph 3? 

A. There is no safe place for skateboarders. 

B. Kids seek an excitement in skate. 

C. The goodness of skateboarding

D. The skateboardung is a serious sport. 

E. How to protect overweight by skateboarding. 

5. The writer's purpose in writing the text is... 

A. To invite the local teenagers to skate in a park built specifically for skaterd. 

B. To convince the readers that they need a safe place for skaters to skate

C. To provoke youngsters into the local government policy. 

D. To promote the writer's business of skateboarding class. 

E. To inform parents about the goodness of skateboarding.