Hiii everyone!! I want to explain about Explanation Text, please listen carefully okay!!
Explanation is a set of statements constructed to describe a set of facts which clarifies the causes, context, and consequences of those facts
A. Definition of Explanation Text
Explanation Text is a text that is used to explain the way (process) something happens, especially those related to natural phenomena, the scientific world or socio-culture. The goal is to tell the reader or listener how something happened. An explanation text usually comes from the author's question regarding "why" and "how" to an existing phenomenon.
B. The Purpose of Explanation Text
The purpose of the Explanation Text is to explain the processes that occur in the formation of something or activity related to natural, social, scientific, cultural, and other phenomena that aim to explain why and how it happened.
C. Types of Explanation Text
There are 2 types of explanation text; sequential and cause and effect.
“How”
- How does a pump work?
- How does a computer work?
- How are mountains formed?
- How does a spider spin a web?
“Why”
- Why do some things float or sink?
- Why is the ozone layer getting thinner?
- Why does iron go rusty?
- Why do living things need food?
D. The generic structures of explanation text
The generic structures of explanation text
- Title
- General statement -> Stating the phenomena or issues which are being explained.
- Explanation -> Stating the series of steps which explain the issues or phenomena.
- Conclusion -> Paragraph that summarizes the entire content of the text. This section is optional, you can use it or not.
The example of the text by explaining the structure of the text
How a Tsunami Happens?
General Statement
We all know that tsunamis are a series of destructive waves and powerful. Tsunami is the deadliest wave because the wave speed is incredibly fast. But do you know how a tsunami can happens?
Explanation
Tsunami originated from Japan, “tsu” meaning harbor and “nami” meaning wave. They are normally caused by landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions in, or close to an ocean. After some sort of underwater disturbance, this causes energy to rise up to sea level pushing the water high into the air. Gravity kicks in and pulls it down again and then consequently causing the water to filter out into many different directions.
When a tsunami begins to approach the shore the energy in the wave is compressed. As a result, the water is pushed up into the wave, resulting in a powerful tsunami. If the trough hits the shoreline first, it then causes the tide to drastically retreat.
Conclusion
So, tsunamis happen because of natural disasters such as earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. People who live near the shoreline have to be careful because they are threatened by tsunamis whenever there is an earthquake.
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We can conclud, Explanation Text is a text that is used to explain the way (process) something happens, especially those related to natural phenomena, the scientific world or socio-culture. The goal is to tell the reader or listener how something happened. An explanation text usually comes from the author's question regarding "why" and "how" to an existing phenomenon. The purpose of the Explanation Text is to explain the processes that occur in the formation of something or activity related to natural, social, scientific, cultural, and other phenomena that aim to explain why and how it happened. There are 2 types of explanation text; sequential and cause and effect. The generic structures of explanation text : Title, General statement, Explanation, Conclusion.
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