Explanation Text

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●What is explanation text?

Explanation text is a text that explains about a process or sequence of phenomena. 

For example :Rain, The water cycle, Earthquakes

● There are 2 types of explanation texts :

》 Sequential Explanation, that describe natural and non natural phenomena, for example life cycles

》 Cause and effect explanation, that links cause and effect in explaining how and why an event occurred, for example volcanoes

●What is the purpose of explanation text?

An explanation text is written to explain how and why something (natural or socio-cultural phenomena) in the world happen. The text contains the process or sequence of the phenomena.

●The generic structures of explanation text are?

The generic structures of explanation text consists of three components. 

1. A title that identifies the topic to be explained

2. An opening statement that identifies the process to be explained

3. A clear order of paragraphs that describe how and why

4. A concluding paragraph that puts all the information together

5. Finally, a visual text ( a labeled image )

● The language features of explanation text.

1. Focusing generic participant -> an object or phenomenon which is being discussed, such as; rain, chocolate, etc. 

2. Using present tense -> This kind of text mostly applies present tense for its sentences, such as; "rain is the primary source of fresh water for most areas of the world, ......."; Chocolate starts from a tree called cacao tree, and etc. 

3. Using chronological connectors -> The text applies chronological connectors / chronological connections / connectives, such as; first, second, third, then, after, after that, finally, so, as a consequence, and etc. 

4. Using passive voice -> The text sometimes applies passive form, such as; "... the beans are fermented for about a week, dried under the sun, and shipped to the chocolate maker...".   

5. Using noun, pronoun, verb, and etc. -> Like so many other text, explanation text absolutely applies a lot of nouns, pronouns (subject pronoun, object pronoun, possessive pronoun, demonstrative pronoun), action verb, and etc.

6. Conjunctions should be used to make connections like and, but

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Example :

How does Rain Happen?

Rain is the primary source of fresh water for most areas of the world, providing suitable conditions for diverse ecosystems, as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation.

The phenomenon of rain is actually a water circle. The concept of the water cycle involves the sun heating the Earth’s surface water and causing the surface water to evaporate. The water vapor rises into the Earth’s atmosphere. The water in the atmosphere cools and condenses into liquid droplets. The droplets grow until they are heavy and fall to the earth as precipitation which can be in the form of rain or snow.

However, not all rain reaches the surface. Some evaporates while falling through dry air. This is called virga, a phenomenon which is often seen in hot, dry desert regions.

》Generic Structure of Explanation Text about How rain Happens

As in the previous post, that mostly explanation text are organized in the structural elements of General Statement and followed with Sequenced Explanation. Here is the pattern of explanation text structure!

1. Paragraph for confirming the General Statements which contains information the topic of the text. What is the text about?

Rain is the primary source of fresh water for most areas of the world

2. Some paragraphs for describing in sequenced explanation which expose the process in detail, how or why

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