Explanation Text

Explanation Text

By Mirna Sari

It usually includes a sequence of events (explaining how) and provides reasons for a process or phenomenon (why)

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for example:

• rain

• the water cycle

• earthquakes

• etc​

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Explanation text that links cause and effect in explaining how and why an event occured, for example, volcanos​

​Cause & Effect Explanation

Explanations that describe natural and non-natural phenomenon, for example, life cycle

​Sequential Explanation

Types of Explanation Text

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Multiple Choice

The social function of explanation text is

• to amuse, entertain and to deal with an actual or vicarious experience in different ways

• to describe how or why a certain phenomenon happens

• to describe a particular person, place, thing, or animal.

• to retell events for the purpose of informing and entertaining

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