Explanation Text

What is the function of explanation text?

• To entertain the reader

• To describe how and why a phenomenon happen

• To describe something

• To persuade the readers

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CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

Seismic, seismograph, magma and volcanic ash are the example of ___________.

• Adverb of time

• Action verb

• Conjunction

• Technical terms

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

______ is not the generic structure of explanation text.

• Hypothesis

• General statement about the event or thing

• Explanation sequence

• Conclusion

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Weather is the physical condition of the atmosphere at a particular time.

• Explanation Sequence

• Conclusion

• Orientation

• General statement

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

True or False. Explanation text tells the reader how to do something.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

In what paragraph does the explanation text begin?

• General statement paragraph

• Series of paragraph that tell hows and whys

• Concluding paragraph

• Orientation paragraph

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which one is not the title of explanation text?

• How is chocolate is made?

• Reasons for New South Wales being chosen for the colony

• How does rain happen?

• How to make chocolate?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Explanation texts are written in...

• present tense

• past perfect tense

• past tense

• future tense

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What type of text is an explanation text?

• Fiction

• Non-fiction

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

True or False. The general statement gives the audience a brief introduction to the event/thing

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5