Explanation

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.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The following statements are true about explanation text, except...

• It is a text about how and why something happens

• It is a text about facts

• It is a text uses simple present tense

• It is a text uses simple past 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

Explanation text telling us about?

• How and why something happn

• How to make something

• How to use something

• How to create something

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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 is explanation text?

• Text which describe how to make something

• Text which tell experience

• Text which describe why and how something happened

• Text which tell the history

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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 is the generic structure of explanation text?

• Orientation, event, reorientation

• Identification, description

• Orientation, sequences of explanation

• General statement, sequences of explanation

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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 is the purpose 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.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

what is the picture telling about?

• how the tree grows

• how the photosynthesis happens

• how the tree releases the carbon dioxide

• how the plant receives the oxygen

Which of the following is a key feature of an explanation text?

• It provides a narrative story

• It explains how and why something occurs

• It persuades the reader to take action

• It describes a character's emotions

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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

In an explanation text, which tense is predominantly used?

• Present tense

• Past tense

• Future tense

• Past perfect 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 is the primary purpose of an explanation text?

• To entertain the reader

• To inform the reader about how and why something happens

• To describe a place or person

• To argue a point of view

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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