Miranda Amelia P.

XI IPA 3 / 14

Snow
Snow is one of interesting phenomenon when winter comes. Snow become interesting
because the ice crystals are so soft and white like cotton. Snow just fall in countries that has
four seasons or in high place like Jayawijaya mountain in Papua, Indonesia.

Snow begins from water vapor that gathered in the Earth’s atmosphere. A bunch of
water vapor then cools to the point of condensation (the point at which the gas turns into
liquid or solid form), then coagulates and form clouds. At the beginning of forming the
clouds, its mass is smaller than the mass of the air, so the clouds float in the air. But, once the
water vapor continue to gathered in the clouds, its mass also increases. So, at some point the
air can no longer hold it mass. Then, the clouds broke and the water particles fall to the earth.

The water particles that fall is pure water (not contaminated by other particles). The
pure water doesn’t freeze directly at the 0 degree of Celcius, to make the pure water freeze
required lower temperature than 0 degree of Celcius. However, low temperature doesn’t
enough to form snow. The particles of pure water need to contaminate with other particles in
the air that will make the freezing process faster. Then, the pure water will turn into ice
crystals.

The contaminated particles that involve in this process called nucleator, not only has
function to make the freezing process faster but also to tied the water vapor. So, the water
particles (contaminated one) that gathered with the other water particles will form bigger ice
crystals. These ice crystals that fall to earth which we call snow. Snow has a unique structure
because there is no snow crystal that has the same shape, just like our fingerprint.

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A. Social Function
The social function of this text is to tell why and how of the forming of the
snow.

B. Language Features
1. Focus on generic, non-human, or things. (Snow)
2. Use of abstract nouns
 But, once the water vapor continue to gathered in the clouds, its mass also
increases.
3. Use of simple present tense
 Snow is one of interesting phenomenon when winter comes.
 The water particles that fall is pure water (not contaminated by other
particles).
4. Use of temporal conjunction
 Then, the clouds broke and the water particles fall to the earth.
 A bunch of water vapor then cools to the point of condensation (the point
at which the gas turns into liquid or solid form), then coagulates and form
clouds.
 Then, the pure water will turn into ice crystals.
5. Use of causal conjunction
 Snow become interesting because the ice crystals are so soft and white
like cotton.
 At the beginning of forming the clouds, its mass is smaller than the mass
of the air, so the clouds float in the air.
 So, at some point the air can no longer hold it mass.
 So, the water particles (contaminated one) that gathered with the other
water particles will form bigger ice crystals.
 Snow has a unique structure because there is no snow crystal that has the
same shape, just like our fingerprint.
6. Use of action verbs
 Fall
 Freezing
7. Use of noun phrases
 Snow become interesting because the ice crystals are so soft and white
like cotton.
 Snow just fall in countries that has four seasons or in high place like
Jayawijaya mountain in Papua, Indonesia.
 Snow begins from water vapor that gathered in the Earth’s atmosphere.
 A bunch of water vapor then cools to the point of condensation ...
 At the beginning of forming the clouds, its mass is smaller than the mass
of the air, so the clouds float in the air.
 Then, the clouds broke and the water particles fall to the earth.
  But, once the water vapor continue to gathered in the clouds, its mass also
increases.
 The pure water doesn’t freeze directly at the 0 degree of Celcius, ...
 The particles of pure water need to contaminate with other particles in the
air that will make the freezing process faster.
 The contaminated particles that involve in this process called nucleator,
not only has function to make the freezing process faster but also to tied
the water vapor.
 ... that gathered with the other water particles will form bigger ice crystals.
8. Use of complex sentences
 Snow become interesting because the ice crystals are so soft and white
like cotton.
9. Use of technical terms or words chains about a subject
 Winter
 Earth’s atmosphere
 Condensation
 Coagulates
 Temperature
 Particles