EXPLANATION TEXT

What is explanation text?

• is a text which tell about past event

• is a text which tells processes relating to forming of natural, social, scientific and cultural phenomena.

• is a text which explain about funny moment

• is a text which tell about the fact of spoof story

What is explanation text tell about ?

• It tells about ‘where’ and ‘when’ of the forming of the phenomena. 

• It tells about ‘who’ and ‘which" of the forming of the phenomena. 

• It tells about ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the forming of the phenomena. 

• It tells about ‘which’ and ‘when’ of the forming of the phenomena. 

Where we can find explanation text?

• It is often found in science, geography and history text books.

• It is often found in in hortatory text

• It is often found in fable and legend story

• It is often found in speech and report text

What is the purpose of explanation text?

• to entertain the readers

• to inform about an incident

• to explain how or why something happens.

• to persuade the readers

What is The Generic Structure of an explanation text:

• general information - climax - conclusion

• Opening - content - closing

• general statement - explanation - conclusion

How Do Seasons Happen?

Seasons come to us regularly. We have probably noticed that it gets warmer in summer or dry season while it gets colder in the winter or wet season. However do we know how these seasons change?

What is the purpose of the text ?

• to entertain the readers about season

• to explain about how do season happen

• to tell about colder season

• to inform about kind of season

How Do Seasons Happen?

Seasons come to us regularly. We have probably noticed that it gets warmer in summer or dry season while it gets colder in the winter or wet season. However do we know how these seasons change?

Which part do you think the paragraph above?

• general statement

• sequence explanation

• conclusion

• summary

below are the language features for explanation text, except .....

• passive voice

• action verb

• simple present

• past tense

First, the female frog ........................ lots of eggs so some will survive from being eaten by fish and other animals.

• laying

• laid

• lays

• lay

As the tadpoles ............................ bigger, they start to change because they need to become  a frog

• grows

• grow

• growing

• grower