EXPLANATION TEXT

 

EXPLANATION TEXT

Explanation Text

Overview of Explanation Text. Have you ever asked? How was the earth created, how were rain and rainbows formed, how were humans born, and why did a natural or social phenomenon occur? Actually there are many more natural phenomena and social phenomena that humans cannot answer. But take it easy, we are not going to do research or anything complicated in this session. All we do is review natural phenomena and social phenomena that have been scientifically answered and are closely related to the Explanation Text.

What is explanation text?

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

There are 2 types of explanation text; sequential and cause and effect.

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. Title
2. General statement -> Stating the phenomena or issues which are being explained.
3. Explanation -> Stating the series of steps which explain the issues or phenomena. 

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.