Formative Test of Explanation Text

What is an explanation text?

• A type of text used to compare two or more things.

• A type of text used to explain how or why things happen.

• A type of text used to persuade a reader to a point of view.

• A type of text used to describe a person or place.

Answer explanation

Arti pertanyaan: Apa teks eksplanasi?

Sehingga jawaban yang dibutuhkan adalah definisi dari teks eksplanasi yaitu "a type of text used to explain how or why things happen"

What are the elements of text structure of an explanation text?

• A description and a conclusion.

• An orientation, complication, resolution.

• A general statement, sequenced of explanation, conclusion

• An orientation, a sequenced of events, reorientation

Answer explanation

Arti pertanyaan adalah apa unsur dari struktur teks eksplanasi?

Sehingga kita tinggal menyebutkan bagian-bagian dalam susunan teks saja yaitu "general statement, sequenced of explanation, conclusion"

Which of the following is the purpose of explanation text?

• To describe how or why a particular phenomenon happens

• To persuade a reader to a point of view.

• To compare two or more things.

• To describe a person or place.

Answer explanation

Arti dari purpose adalah tujuan dan sama dengan social function (fungsi sosial) pada sebuah teks.

Which one is the topic for the explanation text?

• Why Jakarta is flooded?

• The National Monument in Jakarta.

• Visiting a flooded village in Jakarta.

• Where is the flood?

Answer explanation

Jawaban yang benar adalah "Why Jakarta is flooded?"

Jawaban "The National Monument in Jakarta" adalah topik mengenai Monumen Nasional (Monas) dan mungkin akan mendeskripsikan Monas yang termasuk teks Descriptive

Jawaban "Visiting A Flooded Village in Jakarta" adalah topik yang cocok untuk sebuah cerita pengalaman yang termasuk teks Recount

Jawaban "Where is The Flood?" adalah topik yang cocok hanya untuk menjawab pertanyaan "dimana" sedangkan teks eksplanasi topiknya menjawab pertanyaan "How/Bagaimana" atau "Why/Mengapa"

Which picture is an earthquake?

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Which picture is a drought?

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Which picture is a tsunami?

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Which picture is a landslide?

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Which one describes the picture?

• drought

• landslide

• wildfire

• earthquake

Which one describes the picture?

The picture taken from https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrj6gwx

• Tsunami

• Flood

• Tornado

• Eruption