Explanation text

 


Hello! Welcome back to my blog, in this blog I will share with you and explaining about Explanation Text. 

This blog has three parts and questions plus answers. 

Every part has exercises and answers. 

Part 1 is the definition, structure and language of explanation text. 

Part 2 is how to make explanation text. 

Part 3 is a conclusion of explanation text.


Let's start! 






PART 1 

What is Explanation Text?

An explanation text is a text that describes an action or event. 

The explanation(n)  is a word from Latin, explanare, explanatio.
According to Vocabulary.com, An Explanation is a statement about how or why something is the way it is. 

According to Oxford Languages, The definition of explanation is a statement or account that makes something clear, and a reason or justification given for action or belief. 

Words that have the same meaning include clarification, elucidation, commentary, argument, explication.


What is the Structure of Explanation Text?

1. General Statement
In this general statement section, an explanatory text explains the general description of the natural phenomena/events that will be discussed. The point can be raised about the process of how these natural phenomena/events can occur.

2. Order of Cause and Effect
After knowing in general the phenomena to be discussed, this section explains the causes and consequences of these phenomena. You can do a description in several paragraphs regarding the cause and effect. This section is also known as a series of explanations.

3. Interpretation
Interpretation in the explanatory text can be regarded as drawing conclusions. You can provide feedback or statements regarding the phenomena raised in the text.


What is the Language of Explanation Text?

1. Focus on the generic, non-human participants. 
2. Use scientific terms. 
3. Use material verb,
4. Use conjunctions of time. 
5. Use passive sentences. 
6. Based on true or actual. 


Exercise from the module : 


Part D and E Page 11-15

PART  D 
Answer the questions below based on the text given correctly. 


1. Tsunami happens because.....
Answer : Tsunami happens because major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips 

2. What are the impacts of tsunami? 
Answer : The impacts of Tsunami are disastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning, and damage to property.

3. Mention the disturbance of tsunami!
Answer : 
The disturbance of tsunami is that the ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of

the earthquake source and move across the ocean until they reach the coastline,

where their height increases as they reach the continental shelf, the part of the earth crust that slopes, or rises, from the ocean floor up to the land.

4. From second paragraph we know that.....
Answer : From the second paragraph we know that tsunami makes unfortunate event. 

5. The text mostly tells us about......
Answer : The text mostly tells us about how and why tsunami happens.


PART E 



1. The following things can be recycled, EXCEPT......

A. Precious metals
B. Broken glass
C. Old newspapers
D. Plastic spoons
E. Fresh vegetables and fruits
Answer : E. Fresh vegetables and fruits. 

2. Which of the following is NOT the benefit of recycling?

A. It costs much money for the process of recycling 
B. It costs less to make new products
C. It requires less energy
D. It can reduce pollution 
E. It reduces the demand for high-pollution alternatives
Answer : E. It reduces the demand for high pollution alternatives. 

3. What is the third step of recycling paper products?

A Collect and search for contaminants such as plastic bags and aluminium
foil.
B. Mix the paper with hot water in a blender which turns it into pulp. 
C. Screen and filter the pulp to remove smaller contaminants.
D. Put the pulp to a large vat to separate the ink from the paper fibres.
E. Mix the pulp with new wood fibres to be made into paper again.
Answer : C. Screen and filter the pulp to remove smaller contaminants. 

4. We can make use of the ink after being separated from the paper fibres by doing the followings, EXCEPT......
A. Skim it off
B. Dry it
C. Reuse as ink 
D. Burn as boiler fuel
E. Mix it with the pulp
Answer : E. Mix it with the pulp. 



5. What is the text about? 
A. The digestive system
B. The digestive juice
C. The method of the digestive system
D. The process of intestine work
E. The food substances
Answer : A. The digestive system. 

6. How can we swallow the food easily? A. The food changes into acids absorbed by the villi.
B. The food must be digested first through the process.
C. The food is directly swallowed through esophagus into the stomach.
D. The food is mixed with the juices secreted by the cells in the stomach. E. The food we take must be changed into substances carried in the blood the places.

Answer : B. The food must be digested first through the process.

7. From the text above, we imply that......

A. a good process of digestive system will help our body becoming healthier. 
B. no one concerned with the process of digestive system for their health.
C. the digestive system is needed if we are eating the food instantly.
D. every body must conduct the processes of digestive system well. 
E. the better we digest the food we eat, the healthier we will be.

Answer : A. a good process of digestive system will help our body becoming healthier. 

8. Human body is made up of countless millions of cells. (Paragraph 1)) The phrase made up means.....
A Produced
B. Managed
C. Arranged
D. Completed.
E. Constructed
Answer : E. Constructed. 

9. The text is about.....
A. the cacao tree
B. the cacao beans 
C. the raw chocolate
D. the making of chocolate
E. the flavour of chocolate
Answer : D. The making of chocolate.

10. The third paragraph focuses on....
A. the process of producing chocolate B. how to produce the cocoa flavour
C. where chocolate comes from
D. the chocolate liquor
E. the cacao fruit
Answer : A. The process of producing chocolate.

11. so they are often sorted and blended to produce... (Paragraph 3.) The word sorted has the closest meaning to....
A. Arranged
B. Combined
C. Separated
D. Distributed
E. Organized
Asnwer : C. Separated. 

12. How does the chocolate maker start to make chocolate? 
A. By fermenting the beans.
B. By roasting the beans.
C. By blending the beans.
D. By sorting the beans.
E. By drying the beans
Answer : By roasting. 

13. What step after the hydrogen combines with carbon dioxide from the air...
A Photosynthesis provides the chemical energy that is needed to produced these compounds.
B. Water drawn form the soil to split into hydrogen and oxygen.
C. Food-making process that occurs in green plants.
D. Phosporus from the soil-green plants can make starch, fat, protein, vitamins, and other complex compounds essential for life.
E. Oxygen from the water molecules is given off in the process.

Answer : E. Oxygen from the water molecules is given off in the process.


14. What are photosynthesis need....
A Water, light, oxygen, worm 
B. Soil, chlorophyll, sun, human
C. Bug, air, oxigen, food
D. Light, Carbon dioxide, humus
E Candle, vitamins, hydrogen

Answer : D. Light, Carbon dioxide, humus

15. What the product of photosynthesis....
A. Sugar 
B. Food and 02
C. Root
D. Food 
E Branch

Answer : B. Food and 02.

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