EXPLANATION TEXT

3.8 Membedakan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan beberapa teks explanation lisan dan tulis dengan memberi dan meminta informasi terkait gejala alam atau sosial yang tercakup dalam mata pelajaran lain di kelas XI, sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya

4.8 Menangkap makna secara kontekstual terkait fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan teks explanation lisan dan tulis, terkait gejala alam atau sosial yang tercakup dalam mata pelajaran lain di kelas XI

Explanation text is to say ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the forming of the phenomena. It is often found in science, geography and history text books.s both natural and social phenomena.

Generic Structure

Title

GENERICSTATEMENT EXPLANATION

CONCLUSION

LANGUAGE FEATURES

In an explanation text, there are linguistic features as below :

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What is explanation text?

Explanation text is a text which explains how and why a phenomenon happens. It includes both natural and social phenomena.

– Using simple present tense

– Using abstract noun (no visible noun)

– Using Passive voice

– Using Action verbs

– Containing explanation of the process ..

Afteryoustudiedandunderstood whatexplanationtextis, generic structureandlanguagefeature, it'stimeforyoutodraftan explanatorytextwiththehelpof thewritingorganizerbelow:

Example

SnowFormationProcess

Snowisatypeofprecipitationthatfallsfrom theskyintheformoftinyicecrystals.The processofsnowformationbeginswhenclouds intheatmospherecontaindropletsofsupercooledwater.Super-cooledwaterisliquid waterthatremainsliquidattemperatures belowfreezing.

Asthedropletsofsuper-cooledwaterinteract withparticlesintheatmosphere,suchasdust andpollen,theybegintofreezeintoice crystals.Theicecrystalsthengrowinsizeand eventuallybecomeheavyenoughtofallfrom theskyassnowflakes.

Answer the question by analyzing the text!

Tsunami keys:

Tsunami occurs when major fault under the ocean floor suddenly slips. The displaced rock pushes water above it like a giant paddle, producing powerful water waves at the ocean surface. 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.

A tsunami washes ashore with often disastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning and damage to property.

A tsunami is a very large sea wave that is generated by a disturbance along the ocean floor. This disturbance can be an earthquake, a landslide, or a volcanic eruption. A tsunami is undetectable far out in the ocean, but once it reaches shallow water, this fast travelingwavegrowsverylarge.

1. Tsunami happens because ….

2. What are the impacts of tsunami ?

3. Mention the disturbance of tsunami!

4. From second paragraph we know that ….

5. The text mostly tells us about ….

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

2. The impacts of Tsunami are disastrous effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to drowning, and damage to property.

Snowisanimportantpartofthewatercycle andhelpstoregulateglobaltemperatures.It alsoprovidesasourceoffreshdrinkingwater foranimalsandhumansalike.

3. 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 the second paragraph we know that tsunami makes unfortunate event

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