Genre: Hortatory Exposition

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Students, have you read a complaint and suggestion column in a newsletter? The contents of this column are written by the readers who want to claim or give suggestion for some cases.
Most of these written form are in form of hortatory exposition text.
Do you want to know more about this genre?
OK. This is an explanation about Hortatory Exposition Text.

Social function: to persuade the reader or listener that something should or should not be the case.
Generic structure:
• Thesis: an announcement of issue of concern
• Arguments: reasons for concern, leading to recommendation
• Recommendation: statement of what ought or ought not to happen

Lexicogrammatical features:

• Focus on generic human and non-human participants
• Us of mental processes, material processes, and relational processes
• Use of simple present tense

Transcription of the audio

Removing Lead from Petrol
In all the discussion over the removal of lead from petrol there doesn't seem to have been any mention of the difference between driving in the city and the country. While I realize my leaded petrol car is polluting the air wherever I drive, I feel that when you travel through the country, where you only see the another car every five to ten minutes, the problem is not as severe as when traffic is concentrated on city roads. Those who want to penalize older, leaded petrol vehicles and their owners don't seem to appreciate that, in the country, there is no public transport to fall back upon and one's own vehicle is the only way to get about. I feel that the country people, who often have to travel huge distances to the nearest town and who already spend a great deal of money on petrol, should be treated differently to the people who live in the city.
Taken from: Making Sense of Functional Grammar