Explanation

A text that explains how or why things happen is called ....... text.

• description

• explanation

• procedure

• recount

What is the social function of explanation text?

• to retell past events

• to entertain readers

• to describe specific thing

• to explain how or why things happen

The generic structure of explanation text is .......

• general statement, explanation, closing

• orientation, complication, resolution

• identification, description

• orientation, series of events, re-orientation

The snowfall is always exciting, isn’t it? In the snowfall you can crunch through the snow, make a snowman and play snowballs with your brother. Have you ever wondered how snow is made, though?

Snow occurs when water vapors in the air freeze before they can turn into water. This happens when the temperature in the clouds is very cold. Snowflakes are made up of crystals of ice that have formed around bits of dirt in the air. The snowflakes start out very small and grow. Each snowflake is different and might contain up to 200 crystals.

The text above explains about ........

• snowfall

• how snowfall happens

• snowfall and ice crystal

• snowfall and snowflakes

Which is the definition of Explanation?

• analysis, building on the explanation, further clarification, or connection

• explaining/paraphrasing the evidence; making inferences; interpretations

• the opposing side’s view or opinion/claim

• 3 reasons to support your thesis-topic sentences are formed from these reasons

What should the explanation/analysis in an essay do?

• Summarize the evidence

• Provide transition words

• Explain why the evidence was chosen

• Introduce new main ideas

Which of the following can be explained in explanation text?

• My hometown, Yogyakarta

• Biography of Adam Smith

• How virus corona spread

• Story of Tangkuban Perahu

What is the definition of explanation text?

• A text which present information about something.

• A text which tells processes of something related to natural, social, scientific and cultural phenomena.

• A text that elaborates the writer's idea about the phenomenon surrounding.

• A text explains or helps us how to make or use something.

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

One of the generic structures of explanation text that states the phenomenon issues which are to be explained.

• Salutation.

• General statement.

• Conclusion.

• Sequenced explanation.