Abstract name : rizkiati student number : 0806102020061 study program : english department title : the students’ performance in comprehending hortatory text (a descriptive quantitative at sma n 11 banda aceh) this study aimed at revealing the types of the difficulties faced by students in comprehending reading texts especially hortatory text. it is seen in the most difficult aspects in reading comprehension and in reading hortatory text. this study used a descriptive quantitative research method. the research subject of this study is the third grade students of sman 11 banda aceh. the instrument used is test which consists of two texts of hortatory exposition. the data were analyzed based on the students’ false answer in reading comprehension (main idea, detail, inferring, and vocabulary) and in reading hortatory exposition text (schematic structure and linguistic feature). the result shows that the students chose false answers in both type of tests (reading comprehesion