English for 12th graders of MA Bahrul Ulum Tajinan

Text Explanation ( Penjelasan )

a. Tujuan Komunikatif Teks (Communicative Purpose)
Menerangkan proses-proses yang terjadi dalam pembentukan atau kegiatan yang
terkait dengan fenomena dunia ilmiah, sosial-budaya, atau yang bertujuan
menjelaskan.
b. Struktur Teks (Text Structure)
# Penjelasan umum
# Penjelasan proses
# Penutup
c. Ciri kebahasaan menggunakan:
* General dan abstrac nouns , misalnya word chopping, earthquakes;
* Actions verbs;
* Simple present tense;
* Passive voice;
* Conjunctions of time dan cause;
* Nouns phrase, misalnya the large cloud;
* Abstract nouns, misalnya the temperature;.
* Adverbial phrases;
* Complex sentences;
* Bahasa teknis ;
* Kalimat pasif (passive voice)

d. Contoh Teks Explanation

How the Water Cycle Works

Solar energy evaporates exposed water from seas, lakes, rivers, and wet soil;
the majority of this evaporation takes place over the seas. Water is also released
into the atmosphere by the plants through photosynthesis. During this process,
known as evapotranspiration, water vapor rises into the atmosphere.
Clouds form when air becomes saturated with water vapour. The two major types
of cloud formation are stratified or layered grey clouds called stratus and
billowing white or dark grey cloud called cumulus clouds.
Precipitation as rain, or hail ensures that water returns to Earth�s surface
in a fresh form. Some of this rain, however, falls into the seas and is not
accessible to humans. When rain falls, it either washes down hill slopes or seeps
underground; when snow and hail melts, this water may also sink into the ground.
Rain fall also replenishes river water supplies, as does underground water.
Snow fall may consolidate into glaciers and ice sheets which, when they melt,
release their water into the ground, into stream or into the seas.

e. Answer these questions based on the text above.

1. Why does the majority of evaporation take place over seas?
2. How do clouds form?
3. How many major types of cloud formation are there?
4. What types of clouds are associated with rainy weather?
5. What will bring continuous rain?
6. What makes certain that water returns to Earth�s surface in a fresh form?