Explanation Text
WHAT IS AN EXPLANATION TEXT? An explanation text tells your audience how something works or why something happens. Explanations detail and logically describe the stages in a process, such as the water cycle, or how a steam engine works. Other examples could be how a law is made, or why we blink when we sneeze. Generic Structure of Explanation Text – General statement General statement; stating the phenomenon issues which are to be explained. – Sequenced of explanation Sequenced explanation; stating a series of steps which explain the phenomena. Purpose of Explanation Text – Explanation is a text which tells processes relating to forming of natural, social, scientific, and cultural phenomena. – To explain how or why something happens. Language Features of Explanation Text In an explanation text, there are linguistic features as below : – Using simple present tense – Using abstract noun (no visible noun) – Using Passive voice – Using Action verbs – Containing explanation of the proces