Read the text below Is it good to

Read the text below! Is it good to staff students with a great amount of homework Homework can exercise students to strengthen their language competence based on the skill they learn at the school, but staffing students with a great amount of homework is not good for their psychology. The first reason is that with a great amount of homework, students can feel frustration doing their homework. This frustration happens because they have no time to get relax from thinking. They always use their brain to think hard on their accomplishment of their homework and make them tired. The second reason is that students can feel anxious because they have to do all their homework before the deadline over. Anxiety makes them frustration, too. They cannot sleep well along night. The thirdly, the students cannot use their spare time for playing with their friends anymore. They cannot give their time to help their parents at home. Their lives are burdened with plenty of homework. Students also need time to express their ideas freely. Rusman Butar HORTATORY EXPOSITION TEXT

1. Have you ever persuaded your friends that they should do something based on your recommendation? 2. Have you ever persuaded your friends that they should not do something based on your suggestion? The text previous text belongs to Hortatory Exposition Text. When we persuade our friends that something should or should not be the case is called Hortatory Exposition Text has three generic structures included: 1. Thesis. It is an announcement of issue of concern. We can get the issue from our daily life (reality) or from the phenomenon that causes trouble so the opinions are needed. 2. Argument. It is the reasons for concern, leading to recommendation. Here, the writer or the speaker should convince the reasons that are supported by some reasons or facts and sufficient evidence which can influence the readers or the listeners to agree with or to

ØFocus on generic human and non-human participant ØUse of mental process which is used to state what the writer thinks or feels about the issue ØUse of material processes which are used to state what happens ØUse of relational processes which are used to state what is or should be ØUse of simple present tense Now, at the voice generic structures of Hortatory Exposition ØUse look of passive Text below! Rusman Butar 3. Recommendation. It is the statement of what ought or ought not to happen. Here, the writer or speaker strengthens his/her opinions by influencing the readers or listeners’ feeling so that they believe on the writer’s or speaker’s opinions. Hortatory Exposition Text has some language features that differentiate it from other texts that include:

Is it good to staff students with a great amount of homework Homework can exercise students to strengthen their language competence based on the skill they learn at the school, but staffing students with a great amount of homework is not good for their psychology. The first reason is that with a great amount of homework, students can feel frustration doing their homework. This frustration happens because they have no time to get relax from thinking. They always use their brain to think hard on their accomplishment of their homework and make them tired. The second reason is that students can feel anxious because they have to do all their homework before the deadline over. Anxiety makes them frustration, too. They cannot sleep well along night. The thirdly, the students cannot use their spare time for playing with their friends anymore. They cannot give their time to help their parents at home. Their lives are burdened with plenty of homework. Students also need time to express their ideas freely. Thesis Argument Recommen dation

Rusman Butar So, based on the text above let us answer the following question! 1. What is the text about? 2. What is the main idea of paragraph one? 3. What is the main idea of paragraph two? 4. What tenses cover the text? 5. Which sentences contain Passive Voice?