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1 Text Identity A text to explain how or why something happens (they can be
natural, social, cultural or scientific phenomena). This text quite
often explains something in scientific way.

2 Purpose • Telling the processes related to the forming of natural, social,

cultural, or scientific phenomena.
• To explain how or why something happens or occurs.

3 Tense Simple present tense. It explains how or why something happens

based on facts.

4 Text Structure 1. Title of the topic.

2. Intro/introduction: opening statement about the explanation
text topic—definition, question, or short description about
the topic.
3. Order of explanation: what it is used for or how it works, put
in the correct order and using conjunctions.
4. Conclusion: it can be a summary, comment, history, or
recommendation from the whole text.

5 Connectives use Explanation texts usually use words called connectives that
explain things in order, one after another.
Some of the connectives you may find are:
 Firstly
 Next
 Then
 After that
 Meanwhile
 Eventually
 Later
 Finally
6 Special Features - Using simple present tense
- Using abstract noun (no visible noun)
- Using passive voice
- Using action verbs
- Containing explanation of the process
- Conjunction of time (before, after, et cetera)

7 Sample Full Moon

A full moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the Moon
is completely illuminated as seen from the Earth. This occurs
when the moon is in opposition to the Sun (when it is on the
opposite side of the Earth from the Sun; more precisely, when
the ecliptic longitudes of the Sun and Moon differ by 180
degrees). This means that the hemisphere of the Moon that is
facing the Earth (the near side) is almost fully illuminated by the
Sun and appears round (while the far side is almost completely
unilluminated).

Lunar eclipses can occur only at full moon, where the

Moon’s orbit allows it to pass through the Earth’s shadow. Lunar
eclipses do not occur every month because the Moon usually
passes above or below the Earth’s shadow (which is mostly
restricted to the ecliptic plane). Lunar eclipses can occur only
when the full moon occurs near the two nodes of the orbit, either
the ascending or descending node. This causes eclipses to only
occur about every 6 months, and often 2 weeks before or after a
solar eclipse at new moon at the opposite node.

The time interval between similar lunar phases—the

synodic month—averages about 29.53 days. Therefore, in those
lunar calendars in which each month begins on the new moon,
 the full moon falls on either the 14th or 15th of the lunar month.
Because calendar months have a whole number of days, lunar
months may be either 29 or 30 days long.

ROOM 13:
1. Caroline Angelia
2. Elbert Kenzy Kantonno
3. Tricia Ofelia Wijaya